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the ancestors of tli<' I'.uropeaii peoples, is found in the 

 differences of culture which are economic. The contrast 

 l)etween the eullure rci)resentcd by the modern white 

 man and that of the primitive man is fai' more funda- 

 mental than the contrast between tlic ancients and tlie 

 people with whom they came in contact. This is particu- 

 larly in economic and industrial activities. The in- 

 dustries of })rimitive peoples of our times are exter- 

 minated by the cheapness and enormous quantity of the 

 products imported by the white trader. The slow and 

 laborious industrial ])rocesses of primitive peoples can- 

 not compete with the power of production of the machines 

 of the whites. Moreover, primitive tribes are swamped 

 by the numbers of the immigrating race, which crowed 

 them out of their old haunts so rapidly that there is no 

 time for gradual assimilation. In olden times there was 

 no such immense inequality in numbers as we observe 

 in many regions to-day.^*^ "We conclude, therefore, 

 that the conditions for assimilation in ancient Europe 

 were much more favorable than in those count I'ies wliere 

 in our times primitive ix^ople come in contact with 

 civilization. Therefore, we do not need to assume that 

 the ancient Europeans were more gifted than other races 

 which have not become exposed to the influences of civ- 

 ilization until recent times." -'^ 



SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS. 



EOAS, F. — The Miud of Primitive Man. 

 A)eniker, J. — The Races of Man) 

 GiDDiNGS, F. IT. — Principles of Sociology, part iii, chapttM* ii 

 (the theory of the present chapter will not he found in this 



2fi Ihid.. p. 13. • 



-~ Ibid.; also Gerland, Georg — Das Ausstcrbcn dcr Xdturrolhcr ; Rat/el. 

 Ji'. — .{nthropoffcographie, vol. ii, pp. 330 et scq. 



