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... between the shores of Asia -- the cradle of the human race -- and the western
coast of America ; islands , that in the fabulous ages might have been imagined
to be the stepping stones , by which the giant race of those days passed from
their ...
... between the shores of Asia -- the cradle of the human race -- and the western
coast of America ; islands , that in the fabulous ages might have been imagined
to be the stepping stones , by which the giant race of those days passed from
their ...
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... twenty millions of human beings of various physical and intellectual
endowments , of habits and modes of life essentially differing from our own ; of
various degrees of cultivation , from the merest brute - like ignorance to a very
considerable ...
... twenty millions of human beings of various physical and intellectual
endowments , of habits and modes of life essentially differing from our own ; of
various degrees of cultivation , from the merest brute - like ignorance to a very
considerable ...
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In their persons , they are said to be smaller than the first , or yellow race , and
are considered , on the whole , as among the most puny and ill - favoured of the
human species . ” To these two principal races , some writers add a third , which ...
In their persons , they are said to be smaller than the first , or yellow race , and
are considered , on the whole , as among the most puny and ill - favoured of the
human species . ” To these two principal races , some writers add a third , which ...
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82 . 2 See the authorities above cited . having an important bearing on the history
of the human i 15 1836. ] South Sea Islands .
82 . 2 See the authorities above cited . having an important bearing on the history
of the human i 15 1836. ] South Sea Islands .
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having an important bearing on the history of the human race ; and they are
questions which , in the absence of all other proofs , cannot be answered , with
any degree of satisfaction , except by a careful investigation of languages ; the
only ...
having an important bearing on the history of the human race ; and they are
questions which , in the absence of all other proofs , cannot be answered , with
any degree of satisfaction , except by a careful investigation of languages ; the
only ...
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| Title | American Quarterly Review, Volume 20 Volumes 298-301 of American periodical series, 1800-1850 Library of American civilization |
| Editor | Robert Walsh |
| Publisher | Carey, Lea & Carey, 1836 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2019 |
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