Cyclopedia universal history : embracing the most complete and recent presentation of the subject in two principal parts or divisions of more than six thousand pages . erpetuity and,indeed, the very existence of the humanfamily depends upon the fact of sex inthe species. The complete mankind isdivided into two parts, the man and thewoman. By a beautiful coordination,and perhaps what may be called a nat- ural division of labor, the procreationand the bearing of offspring are dividedas might be a piece of work importance ofin economics. The duty of ^^.^r^,,perpetuating the race is history,separa
Cyclopedia universal history : embracing the most complete and recent presentation of the subject in two principal parts or divisions of more than six thousand pages . erpetuity and,indeed, the very existence of the humanfamily depends upon the fact of sex inthe species. The complete mankind isdivided into two parts, the man and thewoman. By a beautiful coordination,and perhaps what may be called a nat- ural division of labor, the procreationand the bearing of offspring are dividedas might be a piece of work importance ofin economics. The duty of ^^.^r^,,perpetuating the race is history,separated into parts and given to two in-stead of to one. In this respect man-kind share in the general analogies ofnature. Nearly all animals and plantsreproduce by sex. In some cases thewhole procreative act is accomplished ina single individual of the species, but,as a rule, it is divided between two. 596 GREAT RACES OF MANKIND. The laws by which the two cooperate inthis vital effort to maintain the species ofwhich they are themselves the units areall-important, and must ever constituteone of the most interesting studies towhich the reflective mind may be IRANIAN FAMILY by Tofani, after a photograph by Mad; In the human family four generalschemes of propagation have been em-ployed by various tribes Four methods of sexual union of men while still under among races. ,, , . c ,^ the dominion of the im-conscious forces peculiar to the child-hood of the race. It is almost cer- tain that no one of these has beenused by all as the first, or primal, meth-od of maintaining human existence. Thefacts seem to warrant the belief thatsome of the primitive races have in-stinctively employed one plan for the,- -> - - _? union of the » _ ~ sexes, and oth- ers another four meth-ods referred todiffer amongthemselves ma-terially. Theyare unlike con-sidered as plansof procreation,and are diverse111 the social re-sults to whichthey lead. The first is thescheme of sexua
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