WIIAI IS ANTIIU()P(M.(inY ? 'M 



III. — A nth ropo- Biology. 



So far as man resembles the livin<; beings around him, re- 

 yiro(hices his kind, arrows from intancv to maturity, is amen- 

 •,\\\\v to the hiws of material nature, dies an<l returns to 

 inorjxanic matter, he is an animal. Aj^ain, a minute com- 

 paris<»n of his body witli that of animals shows a strikinn^ 

 resemblance, if not genetic relationship. But my flittino: 

 hour would warn me from this tempting field even if T did 

 not know that Dr. Fleteher's lecture would be devoted en- 

 tirely to tbi< ilivision of anthropology. 



W . — Ethnology. 



Thus far we have spoken of all mankind. We come now 

 to inquire what notice anthropology takes of the varieties 

 of men. .\t first thought you would say that it is the 

 easiest matter in the world to <listinguish a white man, a 

 negro, an Indian, a Chinaman, and a brown Malay. As we 

 were told in Dr. Gill's lecture, poi)ular notions are altogether 

 at fault. If we could stand all the men of the world in a 

 row, it would be pos.sible to an-ange them in such a manner 

 that you could not tell where one race left off", and another 

 began, and yet .students of art have always recognized race 

 idiaracters. Two thousand years before Christ, the Egyptian 

 sculptors faithfully portrayed the Negro, the S^ernite. aiid 

 the Egyptian countenance. 



The same theories that have been relied on to explain 

 the origin of man, have been invoked to explain the diverse 

 races. By various gateways stnidents have .sought to enter 

 the mystery, — by the color of the skin, the section and 

 appearance of the hair, the facial angle, the ratio of the 

 length to the width of the skull, the projection of the jaws, 

 language, customs, beliefs, etc. Now 1 am sure that all 

 present are too scientific to suppose for a moment that men» 

 classifying is science. If I were to separate you l>y your 

 dress, or facial beauty, or residence in the city, such arrange- 

 ment would have no valuta whatever. .\ true; scientific 

 classification is based, first, on imnnitable attributes, and, 



