CONCLUSION 



IN conclusion let me repeat that the natives of 

 Africa like other human beings have divided ideas first 

 of all into two great divisions. For example, mankind 

 is of two kinds, the Sons of God (their first ancestor), 

 and Slaves ; good people and bad ; light and darkness ; 

 day and night ; spirit and matter, and so on. 



The next division of their thoughts is where they 

 are divided into families of fours. The four in each 

 family are represented by the ancestor, the mother, 

 the father, and the offspring parts, or the from, 

 through, of, and in, in all things. 



Four sets of these families form a group of sixteen, 

 and two of these groups fill in a " formula." 



One of these groups is the outward and visible 

 manifestation of the other, which may be invisible, 

 but they cannot be separated one from the other. 



A man may be struck by a stone thrown from the 

 arm or sling by some one from some place which is to 

 him invisible. The injured one, however, feels the 

 blow and has an idea of the manner in which the 

 stone was thrown. He is sure the action was that of 

 throwing, experience has taught him so much. Pain 

 assures him that he is hurt. He is conscious of the 



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