posite results from the
other.

9. A HISTORICAL ILLUSTRATION.--A woman rode side by side with her soldier
husband, and witnessed the drilling of troops for battle. The scene
inspired her with a deep longing to see a battle and share in the
excitements of the {294} conquerors. This was but a few months before her
boy was born, and his name was Napoleon.

10. A MUSICIAN.--The following was reported by Dr. F. W. Moffatt, in the
mother's own language: "When I was first pregnant, I wished my offspring to
be a musician, so, during the period of that pregnancy, settled my whole
mind on music, and attended every musical entertainment I possibly could. I
had my husband, who has a violin, to play for me by the hour. When the
child was born, it was a girl, which grew and prospered, and finally became
an expert musician."

11. MURDEROUS INTENT.--The mother of a young man, who was hung not long
ago, was heard to say: "I tried to get rid of him before he was born; and,
oh, how I wish now that I had succeeded!" She added that it was the only
time she had attempted anything of the sort; but, because of home troubles,
she became desperate, and resolved that her burdens should not be made any
greater. Does it not seem probable that the murderous intent, even though
of short duration, was communicated to the mind of the child, and resulted
in the crime for which he was hung?

12. THE ASSASSIN OF GARFIELD.--Guiteau's father was a man of integrity and
considerable intellectual ability. His children were born in quick
succession, and the mother was obliged to work very hard. Before this child
was born, she resorted to every means, though unsuccessful, to produce
abortion. The world knows the result. Guiteau's whole life was full of
contradictions. There was little self-controlling power in him; no common
sense, and not a vestige of remorse or shame. In his wild imagination, he
believed himself capable of doing the greatest work, and of filling the
loftiest station in life. Who will dare question that this mother's effort
to destroy him while in embryo was the main cause in bringing him to the
level of the brutes?

13. CAUTION.--Any attempt, on the part of the mother, to destroy her child
before birth, is liable, if unsuccessful, to produce murderous tendencies.
Even harboring murderous thoughts, whether toward her own child or not,
might be followed by similar results.

"The great King of kings
Hath in the table of His law commande