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Show J.os T.n.tlly of lit. Desplto tho appearance ot physical ' degeneracy which has been noted, tho t: Jew betrays an absolutely unprecedented unprece-dented tenacity of life, says Popular Bclouco Monthly It far exceeds, es-. pcclally In tho United States, that of any other known people This we may llluttrato by tbe following oxonple: , Supposo two groups of 00 Infant, each, one Jewish, one of nverako American parentage (Massachusetts), to bo born on tho same day In splto pf tbe disparity of social conditions In favor of tho latter, tho chances, deter- mined by statistical means, are that ' one-bnif ot tho Americans wilt dlo I within forty-seven years, wbllo tbo flrst half of the Jews will not succumb to disease or accident before tbo expiration ex-piration of seventy-one years. Tho death rate Is really but little over halt tbat of the average American population. popula-tion. This holds good In Infancy a In mtddlo age Lombroso baa put It In another way. Ot 1 000 Jorrs born, 217 die before the age of 7 years, wbllo 4C3 Christians more than twice as many aro likely to die within tho same period. Tbls remarkable tenacity tenac-ity ot life Is well Illustrated by a moss suggestive article by Hoffman, |