New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . Fig. 583. THE NEGRO IN AMERICA 465. educated, refined, accomplished, and religious ; may be ascholar, a gentleman, and a Christian; but he will not cease to be a Mongolian. Thecharacter of his mind andthe shape of his craniumwill still differ almost aswidely as before fun*those of a Christian gen-tleman of the Caucasianrace. The African maybe quite as susceptible ofFig. Skull. a hio^h des^rec of civiliza- tion as the Anc^lo-Saxon ; but Afric
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . Fig. 583. THE NEGRO IN AMERICA 465. educated, refined, accomplished, and religious ; may be ascholar, a gentleman, and a Christian; but he will not cease to be a Mongolian. Thecharacter of his mind andthe shape of his craniumwill still differ almost aswidely as before fun*those of a Christian gen-tleman of the Caucasianrace. The African maybe quite as susceptible ofFig. Skull. a hio^h des^rec of civiliza- tion as the Anc^lo-Saxon ; but African civilization nuist neces-Barily differ in its character from Anglo-Saxon civilization,though, both existing in the same community, they mustnecessarily modify each other. The Xegro comes to resemblethe Caucasian by the process of iniscegenation—by a mixingof blood—and by no other means. To what extent the imperfect civilization and Christianizingof the black race, wdiich has taken place in the United States,has modified the configuration of the skull, can not be deter-mined by any means now at our command. Doubtless, how-ever, a comparison of a large number of crani
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