Studies in conduct . VIII. SOCIAL OME ancient writers have left us ac-counts of a curious race of people towhom they gave the name of Troglo-dytes. These strange beings had nohouses, but lived in holes which they dug in theground. They had no words with which to ex-press such ideas as they may have possessed, butresorted to uncouth and inarticulate sounds. Atthe sight of a stranger they escaped swiftly intotheir holes, while even with one another they heldbut little intercourse. Various other particularsare recorded of their habits, all forming a mostastonishing picture of what h
Studies in conduct . VIII. SOCIAL OME ancient writers have left us ac-counts of a curious race of people towhom they gave the name of Troglo-dytes. These strange beings had nohouses, but lived in holes which they dug in theground. They had no words with which to ex-press such ideas as they may have possessed, butresorted to uncouth and inarticulate sounds. Atthe sight of a stranger they escaped swiftly intotheir holes, while even with one another they heldbut little intercourse. Various other particularsare recorded of their habits, all forming a mostastonishing picture of what human nature cancome to, or rather of what it could ascend , after all, the lowest stages of civilization atdifferent epochs are, as a rule, wonderfully likeone another. Circumstances change and external 72 Studies in Conduct. conditions alter, but an ingenious inquirer has nodifficulty in tracing a substantial resemblance atbottom between the barbarousness of differentperiods. Even the most polished age is sure tocontain a class of peo
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