IIAdam Weismann’s able brain dwelt in a strong body. One had not developed at the expense of the other; no matter how long his day’s work, he had always found time and energy for thorough physical exercise, especially archery. But no amount of bodily strength could avail him now unless he willed it so. It was simply a matter of temperament—whether or not he was naturally a man of his hands.
Were his prime impulses physical or mental? In a crisis did he rely on his body or his brain? The truth seemed to be that he was dual-natured. On a scientific problem he was deliberate, slow to draw conclusions, unemotional. But in a physical crisis he was no different from the longshoremen he lived among. If anything he was too choleric and hasty. Behind his analytical mind there lay a labyrinth of in
