. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning. ery of the heavens. Whatever weknow and think and invent and discover THE HEBREWS.—GENIUS AND ARTS. 275 in the worlds of material nature and ofthought and purpose, has been almostexclusively derived from the intellect-ual activity and acumen of the Aryanpe
. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning. ery of the heavens. Whatever weknow and think and invent and discover THE HEBREWS.—GENIUS AND ARTS. 275 in the worlds of material nature and ofthought and purpose, has been almostexclusively derived from the intellect-ual activity and acumen of the Aryanpeoples. After these the Semitic peoples have heen next in achievement, but by no means equals. The geo- Semites rank , • i next to the Ar- graphical area of the latteryansm progress. ^^^ ^^^^ limited in Com-parison with what the Aryan races haveexplored and possessed. The philos- the Chaldsean plain, and afterwards atNineveh and the other Assyrian cities,brought with it a modicum of artisticachievement. This, how- Narrow limitsever, had respect almost ^onVs^tlcwholly to architecture and peoples,architectural decorations. The Chaldeeshad little art beyond the range of theirbuildings and the ornamentation thereof—little to satisfy the finer perceptions ofthe mind. Perhaps there were the rudeelements of plastic art among the men of. CARPET WEAVING ON HOUSETOP.—Drawn by Paul Hardy, from a photograph. ophy and science of the Semites havebeen weak and ineffective as comparedwith the tremendous attainment of theAryans. We are now to notice the artand technology of the Hebraic divisionof mankind; and in this we shall bestruck first of all with the inferiority ofthe latter to those races of the Indo-European stock which have, for the mostpart, built up the structure ofhuman history. In one of the oldest seats of Semiticcivilization, namely, in Mesopotamia, thedevelopment of a national life, first in Chaldaea; but of artistic effects in colorfew, if any, traces have been
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