Show DOCTORS SONS WIN RENOWN they are drought brought forward as aa octha progeny of doth both farm era and ministers 1 at last a rival to the farmer and the tha minister lo 10 role of famous fataei AM hood ar arfat fanie it of tte famous lou Is brought forward the new york evening sun observes the changes havo been rung on the parentage of men like the two chief candidates for the presidency in the recent election and of other leaders but it remained remal nd for william Browa browning lug writing in the medical record ord to contend that among eminent personages person agea a large num number ber were sons of physicians there Is food tor for thought in this and as the author gravely prophesies the more embryo Uc science of history may yet find activators he illustrates lu his theory by rf 4 list of the tha uen men about lincoln in the civil war times the vice president secretary of state secretary of war speaker of the house and the organizer of the union forces mcclellan ellan were all doctors sons in the same group we find david davis tile the close friend and adviser of lincoln john hay his private secretary ary stephen A douglas his leading opponent in the contests before the war exactly what part in the preparation of these lenders for high station their fathers may have taken we are not in formed but a good case might be made out of clear thinking related to prompt action and of unselfish devotion to the needs of the public it may be said that the old fashioned family physician was away from home algood a good deal but certainly his character might well w ell make a deeper impression on the children than the repeated precepts of a man of another ty type ap pp |