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character of their hair; when, as a matter of fact, there 

 seems to be no safe criterion, no clearly defined dividing 

 line. All the so-called races, even the highest with 

 the lowest, can interbreed and yet their offspring is 

 fertile; something we should hardly expect if the parents 

 were of different species. Says a recent writer on 

 anthropology : * " The drift of the evolutionary theory 

 is towards unity of origin. Darwin says, 'When 

 naturalists observe a close agreement in numerous 

 small habits, tastes and dispositions, between two or 

 more domestic races, or between nearly allied forms, 

 they use the fact as an argument that all are descended 

 from a common progenitor, who was thus endowed; 

 and consequently that all should be classed under the 

 same species. The same argument may be applied 

 with much force to the races of men.' ^ The experience 

 of the last few years countenances Mr. Darwin's 

 prophecy, that before long the dispute between those 

 who hold that all men come from one pair and those 

 who hold to diverse originals, will die a silent and un- 

 noticed death." 



Race Love 



The belief to which Darwin apparently inclined 

 seems to be becoming tacitly accepted more and more. 

 The term "races" is a convenience, but it hardly ex- 

 presses a scientific fact. Essential race unity as one 

 great human family, appears to approach more closely 

 to the strictly scientific statement which will satisfy 



' Int. Cyc. vol. I. p. 514. " Descent of Man, vol. I. p. 225. 



