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\'f II. — Sociolof/!/. 



Tile next <livi>i(tii of <iui- subject is scx-iology. Tin- iiis- 

 torv of civili/.atioii is nally the history of society. Littl(^ 

 do we think in our Christian honn-s. where one man and 

 one woman through mutual love devote themselves to their 

 oft'spriuLi : in our wtll-ordertd <itirs where Hfeand jiroperty 

 are protected and every eonvenienee of puhHe life furnished 

 to rieh and poor alike : in our ;;rand nationalities and world- 

 cmbracin<2; exehanges. how humhle an<l rude were the begin- 

 nings. We must go back to a gregarious state, where 

 brotljers and sisters intermarried, where the bond of union 

 was fragile, where eliihheii belonged to the group, and tlu;ro 

 was no magistracy or |)ublie spirit. We thence pass upward 

 to the Australians, in whose .social sy.stem there is a ([uad- 

 rupK' classitication (jf male and female for marriag*' and 

 other purposes. The North American Indians furnish the 

 ni'xt grade, with their curious elan organization, and descent 

 in the female line.* Passing onward through Semitic poly- 

 gamv, we are brought to our own jdatform of social life in 

 all its eomplexity. There are vast territories of knowledge, 

 including ceremonial institutions, ethical codes, morality, 

 and legislation, whicli 1 ean only mention in this connec- 

 tion, but which liave engros.sed the greatest |)liilo<opli"T- of 

 the world in all ages. 



I have prepared a chart in order to indicate to tlie eye 

 how the progress and adaj)tations of culture in the various 

 categories may have taken place. At the top are Morg/m's 

 seven periods, the second horizontal line gives a typical 

 event of the period, the third, a representative race, taken 

 at random, the succeeding lines refer to the cat(>gorie< of 

 cidtun-. 



The whole subject is of commanding interest to the legis- 

 lator and the student of history, but as we are to hear from 

 Major Powell upon thi< topic 1 pass t«» the next division, 

 the Spirit World. 



* The Rev. Oven Dorsey's charts r>( DnkiMa clans were exhihiteil in illustration. 



