Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1859-06-09
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It is asserted ly antiqua,ana and ctlnoiu,
gists who delight to cSat whatever raS at
the expersc of whatever is that 4 man is hot
now tie large and muscular animal lie va.
several hundred Years ago in other words
that lis bone ard Drawn haze dcgoneutct
with the progress Of civilization and rcGrc.
mrnt. In fact, the suppost;oo that tie spe.
ceS has lccn raced in the lapse Of ages is n.
most universal; but popular leIiei in til.
cnsc, as in many other Instances, il siml.y
popular crroy The anatomy and physiology
| of our medieval ancestors and Of the elder
nations, as revealed to Us in their skeletons
and mummicd remains afford nO sufficient
! basis for such an opinion. True, Human
/ bones alleged to have heluugcd to men fifteen
and even twenty feet high, are said t, have
been dug up in different parts sot tAcoIi world.
iud books purpolting to lie histories asclhc,l
to some Of the heavy weight Of the past. II
degree Of strength surprising that Of the most
Stalwart among tie modern "sOus Ct Anak;
nut when We come TO sit and aualylc these
mrlstv stories according to the laws Of Cyi-
dencc they are resolved into intangi'l myths
and we are compelled to class them with
Lord MonholdoB descriptions Of men with
I lis, and similar apocryplA.
O'Brirn, the Irish giant who dic.l some h!-
"a, ~ s;.ty years aan7 uo,,p. 4; IN feet in
LaicL- wi,iout his sLucs; and we have lcy-
o. Lc,rJ If any well artI I.rutirot,d mrasrre-
wow, aro l.rs,on t,at wont ,orcb lcy,rd
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l'ot Ia r,,,,j i, tic same tliuo. and "a. .
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vitb L;s ,lcnrl,rI rioht hand and could casf-
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nynrr ~ rc,snn "a leliovr trat le worlJ have
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