Heredity

the transmi ion from parent to offspring of physical and intellectual characters. This has been at all times believed in, but it is only in recent times that the conviction has, in the hands of Darwin, Spencer, Haeckel, and Wallace, been methodized so as to embody an important z06- logical doctrine. The modern view of evolution in biology rests upon the belief that acquired peculiarities, or differences which may arise between parent and offspring, can be transmitted with some probability of permanence, especially if the variation presented by the young is determined by external conditions, or if it is such as to make the path of existence easier, and adapt the po e or more thoroughly to the conditions under which it is placed.; Here ford, the county town of Here ford shire, England, 144 miles W. N. W. of London. Its noble cathedral was built between 1079 and 1535, and so exhibits every variety of style from Norman to Perpendicular. Measuring 342 feet by 146 acro the transept, it has a central tower 165 feet high.