Fig. 21. MONGOL. 



COMMON THINGS. 



MAN. 

 CHAPTER II. 



19. Physical feebleness of man. 20. His helpless infancy. 21. His great 

 power nevertheless. 22. Man gregarious. 23. His dentile appa- 

 ratus. 24. Why nevertheless he uses animal food. 25. His migratory 

 power and distribution over the globe. 26. View of his progress from 

 the cradle to the grave. 27. Births. 28. Cases of two and three at a 

 birth. 29. Births more prevalent at certain seasons. 30. Proportion 

 of the sexes born. 31. Proportion in the case of illegitimates. 32. 

 Chances of life more favourable for females. 33. Organs of sense in 

 infancy the eye. 34. The voice. 35. The bones. 36. Instinct in 

 the infant. 37. Terror of falling. 38. Milk teeth. 39. Permanent 

 teeth. 40. Their periods of emergence. 41. The average height of 

 men. 42. Giants and dwarfs. 43. Average height of women. 44. 

 The influence of race. 45. Influence of climate. 46. Hygienic con- 

 ditions. 47. Their effects shown by conscription in France. 48. Rate 

 of growth from infancy to maturity. 49. Progressive increase of bulk. 

 50. Organic changes at puberty. 51. Organic changes in the bones. 

 52. The muscles. 53. Examples of longevity. 54. Great mortality 

 in infancy. 



19. MAN thus singularly favoured by the possession of reason, 

 and by the address and precision of which the motions of his 

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