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their stature being commonly only four feet. ' Observe 

 the delicate skin and the exquisite rose and lily, that 

 beautify the face of the Georgian or Circassian, contrast 

 them with the coarse skin, and greasy blackness of the 

 Hottentot, and imagination is lost in the discrepancy. 

 Take the nicely turned and globular form of the Georgian 

 head, or the elegant and unangular oval of the Georgian 

 face ; compare the former with the flat skull of the Carib, 

 and the other with the flat visage of the Mogul Tartar j 

 and it must at first sight be difficult to conceive that each 

 of these could have proceeded from one common scource.' 

 The diversities of moral and intellectual condition are 

 perhaps still greater. Look at the accomplished scholar 

 of enlightened lands the eloquent orator who draws 

 down the thundering applause of intelligent delight; and 

 compare him with the naked savage dozing in the filth 

 of his smoky cabin. Look at the Christian bowing at 

 the shrine of Jehovah, Jiving a life of prayer and faith, 

 and animated with the hopes of immortality ; and then 

 look at the fierce and loathsome cannibal, tearing with 

 bloody teeth, the quivering limbs of his human victim. 

 How vast the difference ! 



In consequence of this great diversity in the condi- 

 tion and appearance of our race, it has been found con- 

 renient to classify the human form. A convenient clas- 

 sification is presented by the five grand sections into 

 which the globe is divided by geographers. These five 

 classes have received different names. 



Geographical BlumenbacJi s* Ginelin's 



Division. Division. Division. 



1. European Race. Caucasian. White Man. 



2. Asiatic Race. Mongolian. Brown Man. 



3. American Race. American. Red Man. 



4. African Race. Ethiopian. Black Man. 



5. Australian Race. Malay. Tawny Man. 



* Blumenbach is a German naturalist of very great celebrity. For 

 the last fiftyfive years he has been lecturing at Gottingen upon the 

 subjects of natural history, physiology, osteology, comparative anato- 

 my and pathology. He is justly esteemed one of the brightest on- 

 naments of the far famed university at that place. All his \vork3 

 bear the impress of genius, and perhaps no man has contributed 

 more richly to the advancement of those sciences upon which he has 



