CHAPTER III. 



CIVIL AND SAVAGE LIFE COMPARED. 



" To rear a child is easy, but to teach 

 Morals and manners is beyond our reach ; 

 To make the foolish wise, the wicked good, 

 That science yet was never understood." 



Theognis. 



To what extent are we indebted to civilisation 

 for the deterioration of the race ? 



It is my intention to point out in this chapter, 

 that although we have gained considerably in 

 some directions, by the advance of civilisation, 

 we have lost much in others, and on the whole 

 it is still a question whether life is more toler- 

 able to-day, to the ordinary man in the street, 

 in any city in a civilised country, than it was 

 for the savage before coming into contact with 

 civilisation, or for the ancients ? 



The question itself I am not in a position to 

 answer, and it is doubtful whether there are 

 many who have had sufficient experience of 

 savage life, with a corresponding experience of 

 the struggle for existence in any of our large 

 towns, to enable them to decide the question 

 satisfactorily. 



No doubt we are indebted to the march of 

 progress for much that we enjoy to-day. The 

 meanest man in a civilised community has the 

 advantage of protection and shelter, and 

 although he may sometimes go hungry, he does 



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