



" Man is a link in nature, but his intellectual faculties enable him 

 to rise above her, to battle with and acquire influence over her. 



"But that nature affects mankind as a part of herself in manifold 

 ways in material respects, rests on experience so abundant and clear, 

 and opinions so unanimous, whether we refer to single men or to en- 

 tire races, that we need only give a brief indication of it. 



"The varied character of nature in the different regions of the 

 earth in a great, measure determine the food, the dress, the dwellings, 

 the means of intercourse, and the diseases of the races." 



SCHOUW, 

 Earth, Plants, and Han. 



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