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Man's physical, mental and moral self, partly inherited, but principally developed by the environments of early life, guides his actions and creates the conditions under which he must live in order to attain the highest degree of physical and mental perfection. No two individuals are exactly alike. That which means happiness to one might mean most abject misery to another. In every species of the animal world outside of the human animal there exists a certain degree of uniformity in physique and mentality; but the physical and mental traits and powers of men vary as widely as do the quickness, suppleness and mental acuteness of the tiger when compared to the clumsiness, apparent stupidity, and phlegmatic temperament of the hippopotamus. With this fact