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...most successful was made by the famous mutineers from the British warship Bounty, who settled down on Pitcairn Island in 1790 with some Tahitian women. The offspring of six mutineers and about a dozen women were examined in 1825 and found to be notably taller than either Englishmen or Tahitians. Some of them were strong enough to lift 600 Ibs. They were so fertile (an average of 9.1 children per family in the third generation) that they soon overcrowded the island. Other isolated racial crossings (which were not adversely affected by social disapproval) turned out almost as well...
...year mission, besides "reconciling" many of his fellow Englishmen to Roman Catholicism, he sent at least 30 men to the Continent to study for the priesthood. "God grant," he told himself after the shores of England slipped away, "that I may always love and dutifully carry the cross of Christ and walk worthily of the vocation to which I am called." The Jesuits gave Father Gerard other offices to perform, e.g., rector of a house of philosophy at Liege, confessor to the English College at Rome. But he never saw England again...
...Conscription Act had called all Englishmen between 13 and 20 years of age into the armed service, and the clubs were in great need of young men to act as leaders. American students, it was believed, would not only help fill this need, but would also add increased stimulus to the clubs and parishes which serve as both refugee and recreation centers, to the East End's poverty stricken children...
...quiet and unimpeachable, he was not addicted to the political and social excesses of his elder brother, and his serious speech defect brought him great public sympathy on the rare occasions of his broadcast speeches. But this would not differentiate him from any well-liked public figure, and to Englishmen he was far more than that. He holds a place in the English society roughly equivalent to that which the Bible, the Constitution, and the Declaration of Independence would hold here if they coalesced and periodically died, were reborn, raised families, and traveled around the country inspecting new shipyards...
...fading of the power of which it is a symbol, the British monarchy has gained in stature as a symbol of constancy in the middle of adversity and uncertainty. It is a symbol to which Englishmen have been able to cling without rigidifying their thinking or giving up social and economic experimentation; it is just the kind of symbol that the free world needs at this time...