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SUBJECT: 65. The Lineal Face.
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The Lineal Face.
The child is born an heir. He is heir to all that is in two long family lines. Some part of his inheritance he never may, almost certainly, never will, come into. But it is quite impossible to say what part he won't come into, and what part he will. It is always within the possibilities, and never outside of the probabilities, that he may come into any part of that heritage.
He is a composite of his ancestral line, the latest composite, containing more than any previous one. All that has entered into the make-up of those who have gone before on each side intermingles and comes together in him. The characteristics and peculiarities, the gifts and powers and quirks are all there. All will not appear in him. But you can't tell what will appear, and what won't.
A few years ago composite photography had quite a run. The members of a college class, or a society, or other such group, would be photographed in turn, each face being photographed on top of the previous photograph, so that all eyes would come together, and so with each of the features. In that way it was sought to get the type of the whole group. The results were always of intense interest, especially to the members of the group, each of whom had given of himself to make up the type.
The child is something like that. All the faces that have gone before of two long lines look out of the child's face. They will look out more and more as he matures, and increases in maturity. Some of these faces we will never recognize; others will be quickly recognized. If we knew more of the past generations we would recognize more. Some features never reappear. Some one face may stand out most of all. But you can never tell what face and what feature of a face will appear most strongly.