. The history of mankind . gets spontaneouslythe upper hand. Thus the spreadof civilization appears as a self-accelerating outgrowth over theworld of civilizing races, ever striv-ing more completely to effect thatunity of the human race whichforms at once its aim and task, itsdesire and hope. In conclusion, if we seek totrace backward the road which themost important parts of mankindhave followed, we find the starting-point to be the neighbouring exist-ence of several variations, or, asBlumenbach prefers, degeneratedforms of the one human were at first confluent at afew points on
. The history of mankind . gets spontaneouslythe upper hand. Thus the spreadof civilization appears as a self-accelerating outgrowth over theworld of civilizing races, ever striv-ing more completely to effect thatunity of the human race whichforms at once its aim and task, itsdesire and hope. In conclusion, if we seek totrace backward the road which themost important parts of mankindhave followed, we find the starting-point to be the neighbouring exist-ence of several variations, or, asBlumenbach prefers, degeneratedforms of the one human were at first confluent at afew points only; but, as intercourseincreased, came more and more intocontact, at last penetrating andmingling with each other to sucha degree that no one of the originalvarieties now exists in the formonce peculiar to it. What remains, however, leads us back to two great contrasteddivisions which survive in the races of to-day, the Whites and Mongoloids in thenorthern hemisphere, the Negroes in the southern. These embrace the further. AGallamonk: Hamitic or Semitic blend. (From a photo-graph in the collection of Pruner Bey.) i4 THE HISTORY OE MANKIND contrasts of continental compactness and oceanic disconnection ; of the worldwhich is deeply interlaced with the north polar regions, and that which is cut offby the ocean from polar influences. The Negro races, whether in Africa, Asia,or the Pacific, may once have lived further north than they do now ; but, in anycase, they always held the more southerly position under the impulse which hasassigned to them this present place of abode. \ 3. THE POSITION OF NATURAL RACES AMONG MANKIND The conception of a natural or barbarous race—Progress and retrogression—Bodily differences—Civilized races—The brute in man—Wherein does the possession of culture consist ?—Common property of mankindin reason, language, religion—In the remaining elements of civilization the difference is only one ofdegree. FIRST a word as to the name of natural race
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