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departs most widely from the European 

 type, had then acquired exactly the same 

 characters which mark it in the present day. 

 The Negro kneels at the feet of S ethos I., 

 in the same attitude of bondage and sub- 

 mission which typifies only too faithfully 

 the enduring servitude of his race. The 

 blackness of colour, the woolliness of hair, 

 the flatness of nose, the projection of the 

 lips, which are so familiar to us, — all these 

 had been fully established and developed 

 thus early in the known history of the 

 world. And this was about 1,400 years 

 before the Christian era — that is to say, 

 more than 3,200 years ago. I am informed 

 by Professor Lepsius (through the kindness 

 of Mr. Poole) that there are some still 



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