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Iiii-. \\ 1 srw AKD Roi n;. 01 all ihv iniyratoiN roLitfs, tin- ucstw arcl 

 passa<i;t'\vay alone proxccl to \)v llic i^atli ol progress. Those who ha\f pur- 

 sued this course inexitahK came unckw the spell ol stiniulatmii; lorei's which 



IIG. 332. AN AIKICW l*V(.\n (;K()1 I' I HUM THE BEI(;iA.\ CONGO. 



seemed to shaj)e their dcNclopnu'iit as li In' some lon<i-]jre(h'stined formula. 

 The westward trail led to slow hut stt-ad\ rise in specialization with intellec- 

 tual and cultural acKancement as its lirst phase. I he second sta<z;c was one ol 

 culmination in which all ol tlu' acti\ ities ol the mind and body rt'aelu'd their 

 highest point. Then eanu' the third stage characterized by a jirogrcssive 

 decline with e\ er\ e\ idence of decacK'iice m industry, art and manners. At 

 length in the last phase, as il at the instigation ot some pursuing Nemesis, 

 there came a gradual reduction and (inal disappearance of the race. So it 

 has been w ith every wa\c ol migration w Inch has come Irom Asia into Europe, 



