An Essay on the Causes of the Variety of Complexion and Figure in the Human SpeciesJ. Simpson and Company, 1810 - 411 |
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... indian may be considered as an artist , and a sage . Com- pared with their hands , the only instruments afforded them by nature to dig into the earth for a miserable subsistence , the bow and the hook may be regarded as high and noble ...
... indian may be considered as an artist , and a sage . Com- pared with their hands , the only instruments afforded them by nature to dig into the earth for a miserable subsistence , the bow and the hook may be regarded as high and noble ...
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... indian had found a piece of cast - iron he would have known as little what to do with it as with the ore . The process for rendering it mal- leable could never have entered his thoughts . And no acciden- tal effect of the small fires ...
... indian had found a piece of cast - iron he would have known as little what to do with it as with the ore . The process for rendering it mal- leable could never have entered his thoughts . And no acciden- tal effect of the small fires ...
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... Indian father , and Euro- pean mother , while the palms of the hands , and soles of the feet remained white like those of the indians . " Book iii . ch . 2 . I may add to these examples of Dr. Strack that of a gentle- man of the town of ...
... Indian father , and Euro- pean mother , while the palms of the hands , and soles of the feet remained white like those of the indians . " Book iii . ch . 2 . I may add to these examples of Dr. Strack that of a gentle- man of the town of ...
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... the strongest ground to conclude that , if they were thrown , like our native indians , into a state of absolute savagism , they would , in no great length of time , be perfectly marked with the same complexion . * Not only is 69.
... the strongest ground to conclude that , if they were thrown , like our native indians , into a state of absolute savagism , they would , in no great length of time , be perfectly marked with the same complexion . * Not only is 69.
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... indian tribes , and who , being frequently intermingled with them , have adopted nearly the same modes of living ... indians , gives us a striking example in an Anglo - American who had , in this manner , incorporated himself with ...
... indian tribes , and who , being frequently intermingled with them , have adopted nearly the same modes of living ... indians , gives us a striking example in an Anglo - American who had , in this manner , incorporated himself with ...
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