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considerable size. The Chinese, the American
(ndian, the African tribes, and many others, are
Il remarkable for corpuence.
The Inferior Absorbed by the
Superior.

NV appears to prevail, which secures their Gle
,ation. The union of negro with white wo-
nan is Frequently unfrutfn and nearly always
unfortunate. The reverse condition, OH the con-
frary, is favorable and productive. In the hfst
case, the offspring dcsccnds into tho Afrlcan' ,
nd in ,be SECOND case rises into the Caucasian
race. q
Inferior races are absorbed by the superior.
This fact is without exception. Everything
tends TO prove that the black race was primarily
the most numerous: in their fecundny at the
present duy slavery finds IFS principal allmeht;
and their numbers have been diminished only
hv The encronchments of other races superior to
them. In America the Indian tribes occupy the
lowest position with the exception ot some th'rty
or forty ndviduas-the natives OF van Dc
mems have entirely disnppealed-the GnahcheS
arc no longer in existence and the CARDS, al
though vet lingering in the American rontlnent'
have been completely annlhlIated IN the west
India islands. The same effects are observable
ON the other continent, where the feeble fi'h
docs are gradually disappearing before the more
robust people by whom they are surrounded
Where the absorbing movement is natnra'' IL
turns to the advantage Of progress; the INFERIOR
races, by losing themselves in the superior i'h-
mart f., the latter certain dispositions which be-
come new germs of deveopement. UnIapplly'
,be intervention Of a blind force defeats this
movement, and sweeps off primitive races with
violence from the globe before they have had
time to blend themselves with the Caucassian'
Such destruction is drplorablc; it IS time that
science should direct the conquestS winch brute
force has wasted. Physiology teaches us that
no race is altogether insignificant, since all are
destined to pass into the superior Let them
then be left to multiply IN peace, lnSteau "l Oe-
ing thrust out to perish in wds and deserts !;
,b6re is room for them aud for us beneath the
sun. Civilization, it is true, cannot ylolu 10
B, barbarism but it is only by renewing Its pow
orc in natural sources that they can be lncrcas-
ed.
With these general principles, we have the
means of Judging of the influence OF the cross
ing of the races upon society. by the vigorous
action of one race, another may be drawn from
' ,ba orbit which nature had traced for it, giving
: rise to new types in the change. Inc Purer d
race the simpler is their social ganizutian an a nd
N,e more. Inited their intenect"ai ""' ''".'''~A
: ex;stence. But, in proportion to the e'e"''"''
s. .hov ,couire by admixture, the more they u'e
. elevated the wider their social orgariza'lo"' ""'
B" tho more multiplied their functions Inc e'e
III ,,orts ore nt frs, in dsuniun, but time ehecu
u, ,he,r fusion, and during the fusion ne" u''e'
!" opements are manifested, education con,pe' u
"e disappearance of moral and organic u'"0'e"U9-
which were unce an obstacle to progress hu
nd !, 20 that nature with very small NUMBER
lie primitive races. has provided by an INFINITE val
VT ety of crosses TOR the material PeIic'''O"','
ol ,oc;e,v Nations which advance have nothl'
'hu to Tear from those which remain stationary
hey .,ror;or race cannot be conquered without IN u
''u' end ,mprcssing the force OF their con''''".'
'"s upon their conquerers In this way '"c y"
ave cass;,n race. long oppressed in Asa oy
l'ho Monools succeeded in liberating themseN'
!" .rd now that once powerful people scarcely III
li"', to defend themselves; the emperor OF TWO '''
pee. d,ed and 6fty millions Of yellow subjects op
pltal sac ro,bino hut submission and silence t
~, handful of Englshlnen
"n, u The Circassian Conquest
STAN Europe is the quarter of the world where
white race, free of all contact deVeoPe
largely the whole of their characteristics
,re doubts the superiority of this race
'c'' the Mongol, the Negro, the American anu
'e '"- Malay were occupied in satisfying Their IN
"u"y rial appetites, the Caucasian has measure"
ny W Garth and elevated himself to the idea OF
u'aS prnc,plc. While other nations hau oo"e
i''i' more than sketch the conquest OF man over
y ""I ture. the Caucussian has achieved the Vlc'o
''a'o mastered the elements and the seas nt'l'
0"" remarkable has been the dcveIopeheht
y ""u ,I, . leaving others to sleep under the yo
blind necessity, he has overcome all .
i'""9' olos creating new forces where his own
obey c'eS' "'."'e u;.,o,, ;rcroosino his
to the '"'u''''''"' .;,,;ro and st
Whenever he has come into contact ""n
"u :" .acos he has absorbed them, and derived
escend races "o ""' "a u,,,,ol their ner
Oao the Negro, American, and Monsol '"e'' ne'
bilious, and ymphatic temperamen's' fal'i'
"0 "" IN h,s own standard. The present popn'at
49,, Europe is the result of several successive
e' '''' ora,,ons. and the crossing of these mgr
C'''0' one with the other. In this general NOV
u'S''U tho Celtic group preceded tue Tentohlc,
Of the 'he OI'''o e'1Ir G.I.,.,n;o The f,ruati
i'cn ~ the continental nations is marked by hal
o'oV"' nrrods of repose in civilization. Each
u o"'' ,urn contributed Characteristic qualities
'"o VI of those successive additions and admlXtu
'' 10 W. splts the present condition Of Europe.
aoconnt General Results.
the ne. It has been erroneously supposed III
universal mlnglng of races would teno
~ otthe confusion and disappearance OF the Varou
detracts octeristics but the fusion does not lnVo
1t assists tire uniformity II mas oeeh reoe"'y
ard and srated that the type is not eiaced IN 'ne
,tpess o. ,rre The eminent physioogist Milne E'
on6rma. bos me-, wi h relics of ancient people in
G taking Germany, and Italy, whose features an
Gale. the physical characteristics had surVl'cu "
more and ,ional death. In this way The features
African Cinbri, Dacians, and Scandnavians are
ween the served, and the c0untenance OF the Huns
predonin- once frightened Europe by its ugines'
mates, and pears in Hungary. Geographical p"Slt
n the same it is believed, VIII always exert an III
, with re- influence on the physical characteristic
frame, ap. various sections OF the human race.
capacity OF The solution of the great problem d
and ami progress appears thus to be effected by
attains Of social economy and natural science.