Sometimes I faint almost with the thought of all that I ought to do, and of my own weakness and wants .-- Tell me, are there not natures born so out of parallel with the lines of natural law that nothing short of a miracle can bring them right ?" Mr.Bernard had speculated somewhat, as all thoughtful persons of his profession are forced to do, on the innate organic tendencies with which individuals, families, and races are born.

He replied, therefore, with a smile, as one to whom the question suggested a very familiar class of facts.
"Why, of course.

Each of us is only the footing-up of a double column of figures that goes back to the first pair.

Every unit tells,--and some of them are plus, and some minus.

If the columns don't add up right, it is commonly because we can't make out all the figures.