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By their aggregation or consideration there was born a new 
science absorbing all the others, forming a harmonious whole, 
the substance of which is the natural history of man, and the 
name, Anthropology. 
Notice the complexity of the subject and when the science 
comes to be divided into its distinctive parts, each of which is 
large enough to form (and in times past some of these have 
formed) a science in itself and given ample scope to the student 
for a lifetime. 
1. Antiquity of man. 
2. Origin of man. 
3. Man's place in nature. 
4. The races of mankind. 
5. Language. 
6. Development of Civilization. 
7. Anatomy and Physiology of man. 
8. Anthropometry or the measurement of human attributes 
whether physical or mental. 
9. Psychology and Biology. 
In former times, Archaeology, classic, or otherwise, assumed 
control over much that has now been absorbed in Anthropology. 
The distinction between the two sciences is at present well de- 
fined, and they are now represented by different organizations. 
Folklore and numismatics are powerful aids to Anthrop- 
ology, insomuch that the student of one involuntarily be- 
comes interested in the others. I predict their final absorbtion 
by the larger and more comprehensive science. 
Numbers i, 2, 3 and 8 in the foregoing list are new sciences. 
Their names may not be new, but they have, within the past 
few years, outgrown their former surroundings — burst their 
shell, so to speak, and now have assumed a position as part of 
the great science of Anthropology. The novelty of the 
antiquity and origin of man will always render this study 
attractive. They will always find their students and devotees. 
They deal with, that which to us are the great mysteries of the 
universe ; the Whence, the How, and possibly the Whither, of 
the Human Species. 
But number 8 is in danger of neglect at the hands of 
scientists. It is not attractive. It requires the utmost pre- 
cision and care. Its results must be recorded, with all their 
errors. These may be detected in future investigations, and thus 
return to torment their originator. The work consists largely 
of dreary wastes of figures carried out to fractions of thousands, 
registered in a (to us) foreign system— the metric ; and what- 
