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luentatioii of the general population of the globe ; 2d, the continual 

 transportation and passagio of men from one part of the world to another 

 will produce more and more frequent mingling of the races. Here, 

 also, certain probabilities may be foreseen. 



The races inferior in number, strength, physical condition, or intelli- 

 gence must either disappear or be mingled with the races which are 

 superior to them in all these qualities- Like the Australians, many of 

 the races which inhabit the islands of the Pacific Ocean, the Hottentots, 

 the natives of some parts of America, must disappear, in view of the 

 impossibility of their struggling successfully against other nations, 

 either in war or peace. The races less inferior, but not very active, of 

 Mexico, Peru, and some parts of Asia, have already mingled with their 

 conquerors, so as to constitute intermediate poi)ulations. Put there are 

 three principal races, endowed wich admirable qualities for invasion, 

 which will mix with the inferior races more or less according to local 

 circumstances. These three principal races are: the white race, repre- 

 sented particularly by the Europeans and their xlmerican descendants j 

 the yellow race, represented chiefly by the Chinese and the Japanese; 

 and the negro race. The first has the advantage in intelligence, but it 

 does not so well endure warm climates as the other two. The emigra- 

 tion of the whites to the equatorial countries w'ill undoubtedlv continue, 

 but their offspring will be decimated in these warn) regions, vvliilc those 

 of the negroes and the Chinese will generally survive. Even the adults 

 of the white race with difliculty endure the heat of southern countries. 

 The mixed races will be at less disadvantage in the torrid zone than 

 the white; but if the natural selection takes place in favor of the more 

 colored individuals, the latter will at last prevail, in spite of all min- 

 gling. On the other hand, the negro race will not prosper in cold coun- 

 tries, and even the half-breeds do not bear a rigorous climate as well as 

 the whites. In spite, then, of the mingling of the races, we may predict 

 a continual i)reilominance of the negroes in the equatorial, and of the 

 Avhites in the colder regions. The Chinese alone seem at once suffi- 

 ciently intelligent and robust to struggle in all latitudes with both these 

 races. They are already numerous, and have commenced to emigrate. 

 On account of their psychical and physiological (lualities, and also their 

 ingenuity and inqaisitiveness, they ought to supplant the other races; 

 but they lack courage, and are not trustworthy. The whites of Europe 

 and of the United States will sustain the struggle, thanks to their 

 habitual bravery, their facility of comprehension, and the confidence 

 they can place in each other. The negroes also will prevail on ac(;ount 

 of their physical vigor. The mingling of the three principal races will 

 not, however, be complete. There will be many and every degree of 

 hybrid or mixed races; but in Africa, in China, and in the north of our 

 hemisphere, the primitive races will probably continue to predominate 

 for many centuries. 



Let us now consider a future more remote, for example of fifty thou- 



