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VERTEBRATA. 
CAUCASIAN TYPE. 
ionginsT to the division Vertebrafa, the class Mamvialia, tlie order Bimana or Hominidce^ genus 
Homo, and species Sapiens. Blumenbach divides the species into five varieties, whose characters 
are as follows : 
1. CAUCASIAN VARIETY. 
A white skin, either with a fair rosy tint, or inclining to brown ; red cheeks ; hair black, or of 
the various lighter colors, copious, soft, and generally curved or waving. Irides dark in those 
wath brown skin ; light in the fair or rosy complexioned. Large cranium Avith small face ; the 
upper and anterior regions of the former particularly developed, and the latter falling perpendicu- 
larly under them. Face oval and straight, with distinct features ; expanded forehead, narrow and 
rather aquiline nose, and small mouth ; front teeth of both jaws perpendicular ; lips, particularly 
the lower, gently turned out ; chin full and rounded. Moral feelings and intellectual powers most 
energetic, and susceptible of the highest development and culture. 
"The Caucasian," says an eloquent writer, "differs from all other races : he is humane, he is 
civilized, and progresses. He conquers with his head as well as with his hand : it is intellect, 
after all, that conquers — not the strength of a man's arm. The Caucasian has been often master 
of the other races — never their slaves. He has carried his religion to other races, but never taken 
theirs. In history, all religions are of Caucasian origin. All the great limited forms of monar- 
chies are Caucasian : republics are Caucasian. All the great sciences are of Caucasian origin : all 
inventions are Caucasian : literature and romance come of the same stock, All the great poets 
arc of Caucasian origin : Moses, Luther, Jesus Chi-ist, Zoroaster, Buddha, Pythagoras, w^ere Cauca- 
sian. No other race can bring up to memory such celebrated names as the Caucasian race. The 
