...aphorism of the ancients, that " there is nothing new under the sun," is but a proverb of ignorance. Every child is born destitute of things possessed...opinions, and mentations he acquires as the years go by. In all of these respects the new-born babe is hardly the peer of the new-born beast ; but, as the years...

...aphorism of the ancients, that " there is nothing new under the sun," is but a proverb of ignorance. Every child is born destitute of things possessed...opinions, and mentations he acquires as the years go by. In all of these respects the new-born babe is hardly the peer of the new-born beast ; but, as the years...

...aphorism of the ancients, that " there is nothing new under the sun," is but a proverb of ignorance. Every child is born destitute of things possessed...opinions, and mentations he acquires as the years go by. In all of these respects the new-born babe is hardly the peer of the new-born beast ; but, as the years...

...progress, From Barbarism to Civilisation (505, p. 97), puts the same thought into somewhat different words: 'Every child is born destitute of things possessed...from childhood to manhood. In all these respects the new-born babe is hardly the peer of the new-born beast ; but, as the years pass, ever and ever he exhibits...

...different words : ' Every child is born destitute of things possessed in manhood, which d1stinguish him from the lower animals. Of all industries he is...from childhood to manhood. In all these respects the new-born babe is hardly the peer of the new-born beast; but, as the years pass, ever and ever he exhibits...

...many other vertebrates and would be placed at a tremendous disadvantage in the struggle for existence. "Every child is born destitute of things possessed...languages, opinions, and mentations he acquires as years go by from childhood to manhood. In all these respects the new-born babe is hardly the peer of...

...hereditary endowment. t Maj. JW Powell, in describing man's progress,1 has stated the idea as follows: "Every child is born destitute of things possessed...the years go by from childhood to manhood. In all those 1 From Barbarism to Civilization, p. 97. respects the new-born babe is hardly the peer of the...

...words: "Every child is born destitute of the things possessed in manhood which distinguish him from lower animals. Of all industries he is artless; of...from childhood to manhood. In all these respects the newborn babe is hardly the peer of the newborn beast; but, as the years pass, ever and ever he exhibits...

...Interesses geworden ist." Ähnlich lauten Chamberlains Worte, die er einem Ausspruch Parnells entnimmt:2 „Every child is born destitute of things possessed...philosophies he is opinionless; of all reasoning he is thoughtess; but arts, institutions, languages, opinions 1 Tagebuch I, 290. 1 From Barbarism to Civilisation,...

...from the parents, man inherits only a small proportion of the powers he requires to carry on his life. "Every child is born destitute of things possessed...reasoning he is thoughtless; but arts, institutions, language, opinions and mentations he acquires as the years go by from childhood to manhood. In all...