Civil and Savage Life Compared, 



physique than where they marry at a very early 

 age. 



Second, that in many cases, the savages are 

 really more chaste than the general run of people 

 in civilised countries, and that as a rule they 

 enjoy perfect health. 



Third, that they almost invariably deteriorate 

 as soon as they begin to adopt civilised customs 

 (in some cases, whole races die out). 



This, in a manner, may explain how pain and 

 suffering have increased with every advance in 

 the scale of evolution, and later on I hope to 

 show more definitely, that it is decidedly by our 

 own fault that these evils have increased. 



