flattened like a tliick ribbon, her^ee the kinks. The Cau- 

 casian is usually oval between tJiese two. 



In (short, in investigating the origin of races every 

 l^hysical and mental characteristic must be given its true 

 value, such as width and shape of the head and face and 

 neck, the figure, the hair, the nose, the height of forehead, 

 the breadth of hips, etc., etc., and also the language. 



One must also consider that in soane races are charac- 

 teristics more persistent and predominant than in others. 

 To judge a Negro and Mongolian mixture one looks at the 

 hair. To judge an Aryan and Mongolian mixture one looks 

 at nose, cheek bones, forehead and general figure, tJiese ele- 

 ments being about in ctrder of impoi-tance. 



The writer v.'ill give a brief sketch of the origin of the 

 human race, and the different divisions, and then show a 

 number of pictures illustrating the different physical peculi- 

 arities and customfs of diverse peoples. The great difficulty 

 is, of course, to crowd into the brief epac-e at our disposal 

 enough to make one's ideas either intelligible or worth 

 wliile, and at the &ame time int-eresting. 



INIany scientists consider the human race to consist of 

 a number of species and that the eeparate races of men 

 proceed froin different original stock. That is, tha-t Mon- 

 golians, Caucasians, etc., were: evolved separately from 

 isome e-arlier forms of animal life. Some go so far as to 

 belieA'o that there are many hundreds of difl'eront original 

 strains absolutely unconnected, being either separate crea- 

 tions or separate evolutions. Without taking the time to 

 discuss this, I wonjld say that it seems to me mc^st reason- 

 able 'to conclude that maTikind is of only one species, and 

 that all the human race came from only one pair of beings, 

 either created or evolved. 



The diffcrcJicc between the most diverse peoples is not 

 a difference of species, but only of variety. One great argu- 

 ment: for this is that all races of men will intermarry' and 

 produce offspring who are also fertile, while different species 

 ■will not, as a rule, soi_ cross, that is, not without loss of 



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