The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-05-15

will not the curious spirit Of philosophy next at
tempt an examination? We believe some stri.
king and useful results would be arrived ut by
such a, comparison between the two branches,
John Bull and Brother Jonathan, springing from
tbs same stock; especially if the dimensions Of
the crania in various directions were TAKEN
i The American head is higher and deeper, from
front to back we think, and the english broad
er and rounder. sti.a 4 .l.East 4 resfgg;7
| 5. The wide difference between individuals
and nations; the largest individual measured
ia, and the smallest 5S-the one about double
that of the other! The greatest difference be-
tween two nations on their average is 2l-quite
as large as their difference the political or in
tellectuaf scale How wonderfully are We SUBJ
ject both to degradation and Improvement
These Investigations have an important bearing
on our education theories, and measures for the
moral and physical improvements of the coun-
try. They speak loudly in favor of religion,
knowledge and civilization! Let them be carri-
ed on until every nation shall be investigated
and compared. The causes of these great mod
i6cations of the brain-that vital organ-should
be clearly and distinctly known. These causes,
we believe, are moral and intellectual, enlisting
to their aid many others which are purely phys
| ical; for very much in the physical world, even
in localities and climates, is under human con-
troll. These Investigations may give new i'm
pulse to the moral elevation of man. To sup
pose that disagreement can exist between the
facts of science and revelation is prepostcrous.
How is it possible, coming as they do from the
same great source? The one must from neces-
sity, shed light upon the other We confess,
indeed, that such applications of osteology-I
these scrutinies into sswthered bones and skulls,
and heaped-up dust, are not exactly like Har-
vey's l"Meditations among the Tombs,' but
they come to the same moral results, and lead
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same line of conduct. -0.fi q h.. ....
Independently of the Scriptures, the unity of
the human family is evident from variety Of
proofs: AZ
l. The languages of all nations are evidently
derived from the same stock; the confusion of
Babel was not so great as to destroy all trace of
an original community of speech; and hence no
language has yet been found to stand alone dis
joined from all others. By searching out such
great majority, we may hope to ascertain much
of the original speech of mankind. ...o.
H. The early history and traditions of all ma
tons on the old continent, so far they are
known, concur in tracing their origin to the re-
gion about the Mediterranean. The American
aborigines are supposed to have passed over Beh-
rings Straits and the Pacific Islands.
Ill. The carly monuments, habits and Gus
toms prove by their similarity, an original unity.
he great custom III early times, even after the
tower of Babel, was to build pyramids, and hence
in every country they are found, even here in
America, and evidently thrown up in primitive
periods. To form door also, the arch was
not at first known, all early nations proceeded
in the same way-putting up two stones and
laying another across their tops. Hence the
traveller in Palenque or Copan is constantly re-
minded of old Memphis and Thebes.
w. Physiological and anatomical researches
have long since proclaimed the unity of the spe-
cies there insensible gradations in every
particular in all national differences. And the
evident plastic nature of man accounts for them
all.
Hence the confirmation strong of Holy Writ,
that the Creator has smade of ONE BLOOD all ma
tons of men that dwell on the face of the earth