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ing that there is no anatomical or develop- 

 mental character by which he is more 

 widely distinguished from the group of 

 animals most nearly allied to him, than 

 they are from one another. In fact, in 

 this particular, the classification of Lin- 

 naeus has been proved to be more in ac- 

 cordance with the facts than those of most 

 of his successors. 

 Anthro- The study of man, as a genus and 

 species of the animal world, conducted 

 with reference to no other considerations 

 than those which would be admitted by 

 the investigator of any other form of ani- 

 mal life, has given rise to a special branch 

 of biology, known as Anthropology, 

 which has grown with great rapidity. 

 Numerous societies devoted to this por- 

 tion of science have sprung up, and the 

 energy of its devotees has produced a co- 

 pious literature. The physical characters 

 of the various races of men have been 

 studied with a minuteness and accuracy 



