﻿ORIGIN 
  OF 
  RACES. 
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  the 
  eye. 
  And 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  questions 
  on 
  which 
  

   this 
  testimony 
  bears 
  is 
  a 
  question 
  of 
  para- 
  

   mount 
  importance 
  in 
  determining 
  the 
  anti- 
  

   quity 
  of 
  the 
  Human 
  Family. 
  That 
  question 
  

   is 
  not 
  the 
  rise 
  of 
  Kingdoms, 
  but 
  the 
  

   origin 
  of 
  Races. 
  The 
  varieties 
  of 
  Man 
  

   are 
  a 
  great 
  mystery. 
  The 
  physical 
  dif- 
  

   ferences 
  which 
  these 
  varieties 
  involve 
  may 
  

   be 
  indeed, 
  and 
  often 
  are, 
  much 
  exaggerated. 
  

   Yet, 
  these 
  differences 
  are 
  distinct, 
  and 
  we 
  

   are 
  naturally 
  impelled 
  to 
  ask 
  When 
  and 
  How 
  

   did 
  they 
  begin 
  ? 
  These 
  are 
  two 
  separate 
  

   questions 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  one 
  bears 
  upon 
  the 
  other. 
  

   The 
  question 
  When 
  stands 
  before 
  the 
  ques- 
  

   tion 
  How. 
  The 
  fundamental 
  problem 
  to 
  be 
  

   solved 
  is 
  this 
  : 
  Can 
  such 
  varieties 
  have 
  

   descended 
  from 
  a 
  single 
  stock 
  ? 
  And 
  if 
  

  

  H 
  

  

  