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207. Parents often transmit physical resemblance to their children; do they also transmit to them moral resemblance?
"No; because they have different souls or spirits. The body proceeds from the body, but the spirit does not proceed from any other spirit. Between the descendants of the same race there is no other relationship than that of consanguinity."
-- What is the cause of the moral resemblance that sometimes exists between parents and children?
"The attractive influence of moral sympathy, which brings together spirits who are animated by similar sentiments and tendencies."