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OME J Surely everyone haa hu heard of ot tho thomous twins twins' born In slim Slam and exhIbIt exhibit by Barnum They were jol Joined ed In such fashion that it w was s never judg ate eafe to cut them apart and and 00 80 they to manhood They married mamed and ec ach had children One of the tho twIns ded and tho the other lived sov several ral dreadful h noun ur urt afterward ward before death mercifully t h him v There arc people who believe belleve f 1 th the tho character we have Is constructed o C j ou of our hereditary traits and our that inheritance and our environ m mont ment nt malts make us v 1 If It that Is BO 50 IIO twins ought to bo be mori mOrt alike than they are pre 3 I But twins twine ordinary ry twins though bonat born bon bornat at the same birth and having hereditary Introduction into life Ute d do dono not no live together every day and hour the havo opportunity to drift apart DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES 1 Not ot so eo the Siamese twins and nd others lothers c o l like ch character Not for tor a single hou has either alther been away from the tho other Their character and disposition ought t tel be identical But now we ire find in twin twins of ot this nor that their individuality is aa as marked a that of ot other children In ln the tho case cage of ot the Filipino twin twins whon I saw law aw two or the three years yeara ago apo one boy wa and tho the other lazy In the case of or Milly Christine-Milly tw ht grown women whom X I saw and talk with th the tho two heads not only dlf ferent brain brains but different dispositions disposition THE GRE GREAT T ELEM ELEMENT NT i V. V 7 As for tor the Siamese e twin am and Eng one was Jovial and th the v other marose morose morose mo mo- rose wo have said Id nil all that can be salt for heredity and environment there 1 something In us that either cither makes maKel or unmakes unmakes unmakes un un- makes us Character lanot wholly a 0 matter mattel mat tel ter of ot environment Heredity is a a. potent force but it cabe catbe cnn cat be outgrown Environment is a help 10 OI OIa a hindrance but it Jt alone does not deter mine whether ther a man shall bo be good pr PI bad tt n. failure or a n success Th The Tho first and aird permanent element Is ia th th man himself 11 1