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Show DOCTORS' SONS WIN RENOWN They Are Brought Forward as Rivals of the Progeny of Both Farmers Farm-ers and Ministers. At last a rival to the farmer and the minister In the role of famous fatherhood father-hood or fatherhood of the famous Is brought forward, the New York Evening Eve-ning Sun observes. The chuuges hnve been rung on the parentage of men like the two chief candidates for the presidency In the recent election and of other lenders. Hut It remuitw-d for William Hrownlng, writing In the Medical Med-ical Itecord, to contend that among eminent personages a large number were sons of physiciuns. There Is food for thought In this, and us the author gravely yrophesles, "the more einbryotlc science of history his-tory mny yet find activators." He Illustrates Il-lustrates his theory by a list .if the men about Lincoln In the Civil ar times. The vice president, secretary of state, aecrctury of war, speaker of the house and the organizer of the I'nloii forces McClellun were all doctors' doc-tors' sons. In the same group we find David Duvls, the close friend and adviser ad-viser of Lincoln ; John Hay, his private secretary ; Stephen A. Douglas, his leading opponent In the contests before be-fore the war. Exactly what part In the preparation of these leaders for high station their fathers may have taken we are not informed. in-formed. Hut a good cuse might be made out of clear thinking related to prompt action and of unselfish devotion devo-tion to the needs of the public. It may be said that the old-fashioned family physician was away from borne a good deal, but certainly his character charac-ter might well make a deeper Impression Impres-sion on the children than the repeated precepts of a man of another type. |