Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-12-20

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Civiiixass. asx Desbsrisn fa sheir Effsess|
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Mr.. Higinson, Of Worcester, delivered an
interesting lecture On this s1hjeet in Boston.
on Tussday evening: which y reported st
length II the Boston Atlas His object vss to
show that civilization uas superior to bsrbar-
ism In al its Influences Many civilixed
people, he said, ssdisirust civilization. Even
Euerson lays Il down ss the foundation Of an.
theories q history that there is no history; that
is, no historic progress. Society,n be says.
never inprovs, i gains new arts, bat loses
:. between the reading, thinking American,
with knife, pencil and bill Of exchange in
his rocket and New Zsalander, whose whole
prvp<s<Y consists Of . cleb, spear, mat, and
one undivided twentieth part Of shed to sleep
UNDER but mark the diifsreDeo What abo-
travellers say truly, strike blow Into the hesh
OF savage with broad axe, and In . day or
two the assh reunites-it b NE soft pitch. and
is healed; and the sams blew shxu send civ
iliscd man 60 his ernxs-n = - = !.
nh, Mr. Higginson contendsd, was pIsu-
able bat not true. Civilisation, while It ave
activity and rsAneusnt to the mind. did not
weaken the muscular system. IN Il did, ~
would not Be gain, for fhs muscular man was
the basis or organ of the mental man. The
savage, in fact, 10. his natural Condition. dos
not know enough 10 have body; he cannot
AFFORD TO have body; he has not the condi.
ton4 the circumstances necessary for having
ody; and tired By every test Of sise, Of
strength, Of health, Of longevity, evsry year
adds % the Demonstration Of saw are inferiositv
All the savage race that We know of 4 ~ =
ststeof decay. War kills them; infanticide and
abortion tend to reduce their number. Tia
nrt circumstance that Is always observed
In savage country, when visited By civil
lied men, is the small number Of AGED man
and Of children Lewis and Clarke, Henry
DR. ksne, Won Humboldt, and many eth.r
travelers testify to this fact, which Il nf mo
msutous importance In judging Of ssvaee
racs. Under the soft skins Of Tahiti and be-
meath the SHOWS Of Lspland the same declins
b visible, but OF course most marked in the
serorcst climate, and those who live under
these ecircumstances Are the picked mon Of the
rsce-made strong and vigorous by the hard
ships which they have endured, while veaker
men have succumbed. Civilization. upliE.
easearism, preserves the iifs Of the weak and
sickly. aFrak
<Atths same time it enabled those Who come
under its Influences TO endure the extremes a.
ksat and cold at the tropics or in the arctic =.
gions bstter even than the natives themseIves !.
This fact was mentioned by Dr. Kane. and sew.
eral African travellers. The Zuoayes of ira
French army were referred to in illustrs tion.
ss civilized men who have had the training Of
the desert and beaten the savage long since
upon thsn own ground Even In those foreign
climes where the native 10 dying out, the civil
lied man lives and fourishes The statistics N
New Zealand show that the native race dos
not average two children to q family. while Tie
English emiyrsnts residing there have Ia,-.r
families than the English race do At home. -
Mr.. Higginson then took up the question Of
the comparative strength aud size Of civiIixsd
foI L. 4 -
series OF interesting statistics pubIished In tha
11th volume OF the journals Of the London Sts !
tistical Society, the results Of investieation
made By Dr. Thonpson, uf the 7ist rerinsnfll
smopg the New Leaiauders--a race lust Z me 70.
ing from barbarian, csnnibals within one zen
erstions with the taste of their fricpds ana r.<
Ixtions not of their lips, and therefore srcsj-
lent su1jscts for experiments. His isexperiments
comnenced by examining into their heiyht,
He measured 146 Their average be;obt -.
; feet inohes. The average height of soo
young men Of the University Of EdiI boro' = ~
fssf inche:-onc inch more; and OF so stu-
dents at Cambridge, 5 feet Q inches. Uis ia
New zslandsrs showed an average Neiekf ~
10 pounds. lie weighed several hundrf al
his soldiers, and found their average ue;oht ~
be Ia pounds; and he sscertaiued that tSs Nv.
ersye weight Of 2,64s soldiers, taken In Rnv.
land, vas lfs pounds. The question Of weirhts
shsrefsrs mas settled m faser Of the -eivilised
race. In measuring the chest, he found tbs
average breadth of the New ZeIanders Wa.
% loo. He measured 800 Of his soldiers ana
II was IS fl-1o0-an average distance Of haIf
N inch in favor Of the eiriIixed race. The
strongest man arasng the New zelanders fffted
4 weight Of 40 peunds; that tapered down to
go. His strongest English soldier lfftsd 507
pounds, and this went down to $50. The sv-
ersge weight lifted By the New ZeIsuiers va.
B1 pounds 6 the Engiisb, AZ pounds. one
offhsse estimates, 4 viii be observed. eoue up
% the ha.f isht now He'd hy our ALL
letie Dr. inship. On. al fhese points, then.
the adysntaEs Ne with civilisation. !" I]
ysIhs lsctnrps s1dsd that 4siziIisation h ths
ldsmestisator e man. Domestisation refFbes
usa, but does not weaken him The hand thst
is strong within an iron guanflst ufll Be iust
.s strong In d whito kid glove: and s1v 80
Who Is hero in ared shirt IN Mime win he
just as heroic IN white shirt on Beacon stree.
The difference II that civllization eivss. n, ,ad-
dirion 70 muscalsr devclopmeut q certain fnsr
power, the nervous organisation II chspres
iron into stseIs it MAKES the rsce-horss as corn
pared with, ths cart-horss- Every eymnast
knoss that mere brute volume of 1Ssais 4
uothings it 10 the quality u the muscle thst
tells; and 20 accordingly We know that tie
English aristocracy i. g hns type Of phy.
sical muscle ss can b found in the world. .