Excerpt from Lesson Topics in Nature Study and Elementary Agriculture for Rural SchoolsRecent events have recalled the statement there is a character of ages as well as of nations.We now ask the question, what determines character? There are two important factors, heredity and environment. Heredity is an inheritance from Nature and is fixed. Whether man was specially created or has developed from the ape, by evolution we have risen to the present level. Man's habits, which he inherits. And all that he is are the result of the struggle for existence with his environment, which has been Nature. Ln body, mind and soul he has his roots deep in that environment of the race during millions of years.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.