. Outlines of natural theology for the use of the Canadian student [microform] : selected and arranged from the most authentic sources. Natural history; Natural theology; Sciences naturelles; Théologie naturelle. \ i 586. eflfects all the improvement of which the black is susceptible ! On what principle a bar is placed against improvement we know not; prejudice alone seems to dictate th*5 declaration, and already the emancipated West Indian slave gives a flat contra- diction to it. We need not, however, confine our- selves to the instance of the black ; history attests that no nation has risen
. Outlines of natural theology for the use of the Canadian student [microform] : selected and arranged from the most authentic sources. Natural history; Natural theology; Sciences naturelles; Théologie naturelle. \ i 586. eflfects all the improvement of which the black is susceptible ! On what principle a bar is placed against improvement we know not; prejudice alone seems to dictate th*5 declaration, and already the emancipated West Indian slave gives a flat contra- diction to it. We need not, however, confine our- selves to the instance of the black ; history attests that no nation has risen to importance through isolation, and but for the intermixture of peoples, degradation must have been the common lot, if men had continued to occupy small centres. With the loss of her national supremacy, Spain has been crumbling to decay ; and Mexico, in the a^ony of death, awaits regeneration, by being amalgamated with the Anglo-Saxon blood. Prof. Daniel Wilson, whose standard work is acknowledged with respect by every lover of science, in speaking of Britain, asks, "Was the bronze period superinduced on the primeval one by internal improvement and progression, or wns it the result of the intruded ?cts of a superior race ? This, it is manifest, can only be deter- mined by an extensive series of observations, since physiologists are generally agreed in admitting that the physical characteristics of races have been large- ly modified, and even entirely altered by a change of circumstances. The nomadic Turkish tribes, for examDle. spread throu^jh central Asia, still exhibit the broad-faced, pyramidal skulls which Dr. Prit-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bovell, James, 1817-1880. [Toronto? : s. n. ]
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