Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-05-31

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On. Csx's LEcr0Hr.-Hsyisg IN Ms lecture Of
,be prsvious Sabbath. dscnysed the Cenpletioesl
a..l,.;sies which Distinguish the sevsrsraces of
s"cr te Dr.. proceeded on hast sabbslb To consid.
;. Ar The. Genealogical and Sruetaral differences
that is. those which relate ~ the croHism trunk,
nd limbs. 1t xas shown that The bony or more
lid parts 0 the body were liable to be greatly
.gse,ed and altered BY modifying Influence In
sarlv ohildkood, when the bshes are III aft and
pliaks sspd.iep they A.. ;S.c. TO 4 s,sqy chang
srss,er soLdity and consfstence. various causes
nav eonspi.e TO bring about mutatipns Of FORM
Whilst tie e3trayagAncies Of Phrenology were ex.
.hSed froei tie limits Of exact Scenre it was vet
admitted, that every exeroiss Of the intellect and
sFeotions produces corresponding impression
unon the train, aud THE In time affects the bony
covering in which tits enclosed. We might there
fore expect to End great diversity Of eranial de.
veiopment among different nations according to
,be;r physical. sociAl and moral condition.
II was shown that very great improvements had
occurred ID the shape Of the skull and body, with
a change of residence and climate and the inlu-
enee of an advanced civilization. This was illus.
trated 10 tho case of the Turks Of the Ottoman aud
Persian Empres. as contrasted with those Of Cen
trnl and Eastern Asia; thought originally the
same people tie former have assumed an ellipti-
cal form Of skull, with other psculiarties of the
European race while the latter retain the pyrami-
dal skull and ether characteristics of the Munyo.
liam type The Instance Of the Hungarians was
also ei, ted WIN, from being dwarnsh, iil-shaped
people, bad by change at residence from The re-
zion of the Urai Mountains to Southern Europe,
and by the Influences If an elevated social condi
ton, go improved Us now to compare favorably in
form, features. and intelligence, with any other
Eur Jpcan nation.
As AL example Of the influences OF detcrior Iting
causes, the case OF the Irish was cited, who had
becp driven from Ulster and the South of Down
into Lcitrim and Sligo, and undergone a most do
grading change in all their physical, intellectual,
and moral characteristics
Tho astrological pecuialities Of the negro race
were then examined. II was shown that the Mt.
tempt to trace All aratanical resemblance between
the African and animals of tho Ape species. could
have originated only in ignorance or prejudice
that in all their ply sical characters they were
strictly human.
As to their Psychological attributes, it was
proved that they would compare favorably with
any Of the uncultiyatrd tribes Of men that hav-
ing for ages been cut of from oil intercourse with
the civilized world. and suljestel to the me.t de-
basing Influences it was to DO expected that they
should exhibit great departure from the nobler
types and traits Of humanity. The testimony Of
various Missionaries was here introduced, and also
that Of Barh Livingston, and other travellers, to
show their religious tendencies and their suscepi-
bility Of mental and moral improvement. An at
tempt was then made to trace their connection
with the ancient Egyptians, and to show that they
had still among them traces or rather yestges OF
former civilization
1t WINS further stated that the peculiar color and
some Of the other distinctive marks of the African,
by whatever causes originally produced, had now
become permanent by hereditary transmission
that M material modification or change could be
effected in them In these respects; however, their
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