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been dressed in clothes cut in the fashion of
the master’s pictures. There is another reason.
Mothers of the present day are supposed
to have passed on to their children the
Burne-Jones type in the same way in which the
charm of the Greeks was influenced by the
beauty of their statuary. In antiquity it was
believed, even in other details, (for example,
in attaining the much-longed-for blonde hair)
that this end could be secured by observing
the proper directions.
As to the significance of external influences
of this kind on mothers, there is too little
material still to build up conclusions. On
this point, learned men also disagree. I have
only, therefore, incidentally mentioned this
factor among others. All should be established
before we can get a final and certain
insight into the conditions of human birth.
In the absence of scientific knowledge I can
only refer to the literature and comprehensive
investigations commenced in the preceding
century, that throw light on the riddle of
man’s coming into the world. Many of these
matters are still involved in obscurity. But
man’s spirit is resting on the waters; gradually
a new creation will be called forth from
them.
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