De similitudine autem oris et totius corporis altiore doctrina praediti subtilius disputant, eorumque alii in ea sunt opinione ut existiment illam origini et contextui sanguinis respondere, nec parvum argumentum ex ceteris animalibus trahunt, quae fere gignentibus similia nascuntur alii negant hanc esse certam Naturae legem, sed species mortalium prout fortuita sors conceptionis obtulit attribui, atque ideo plerumque ex speciosis deformes et ex robustis invalidos partus edi.
Concerning likeness of face and of the whole body persons possessed of deeper learning nicely dispute. Some of them hold the opinion that it corresponds to origin and connection of blood and derive an argument of no small weight from other living creatures, which are generally born similar to their parents. Others deny that this is a fixed law of Nature, maintaining that the aspects of mortals are assigned as the random chance of conception presents them and that for that reason ugly offspring are often produced from handsome parents and weak from sturdy.
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