Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-09-21
HAN Not Descuersssux.

THE MODERN EGNPTTAr a. ~
fcniiiAS or rHoCsANrs OF N-FaRS 80
-IhE hoDtkN ENGLIsHMAN RIssks
THAN HIS ANCESTORS.
There never was a deluSinn with L.. a.,
dence Tor 10, except permanent ion-.s -,
s an, manklnd, which Is often the result.
ever renewing discomfort with tlrp actr.i
state OF things. There Is not the sligbfs.,
evloence arywhere that man was ever big
ger stronger, swifter. or more enduring IN
than he Is row.
AS to eIgness, the evidence is positive.
Modern Egyptians are - hig n The nan,,-
mice who Were conQuererS in their dav 49,
mooern Englishmen are bigger Tbsrs -
not "a efistence a Thousand coats OF srm,-
Mhlch an English regi mgnf cOuld ,,r,f -,
Very Few moderns can Use ancie,,, ss', -
UtCSuse the blltS are too small Tor fheir
names; hniless wealth and skill were ex-
evidence that loan among them was A. re
or as strong Ne Shaw. No skelelo1 -,
statue; no picture, indicates tiiat men An
general were ever bigger. The Jews OF n aaX
are as large a. they were in Egylf. or isrssy
The people Of the Romagna hRxe an tie
utaIing and more than the size % the Ro-
man soldiery. No feat f. recorded a. usual
with Greek athletes Which FngliSls a,.rohsss
could not perform now.
- ihsre i 10 naked savage tribe which nal,est
tornishmen o. Y OrkShIrpmen con "A net Sfran-
ale. No race exists % hich a tltotso,,t -,
similarly armed " ouid IL icat an FnrItxb %
Gefman. OF Russian regiment OF equa,. nfun-
ffranF irH
here In Iuglard which EngliShmen conil
rot 90, unless 10 b. some featS of archer,
which were the result OF long traintpS -;
lhe eve contiuued FOR generations. The most
cly'liEcu and luxurious family that ever ex-
lSttd. The European ROYAL csste, T. phvSlcaf-
" a. Zig, rs healthy. and as powerful A. anv
People a whom we have any account that
science can accent Theirs Frenchrnan AN
1aesal : 1aul iu ali bodily conditions. ana
WIN an increased power OF kccpiug alive
winch may be partly owing toimirove,l con
Nll.ol : 81 Jaw =, 'ut - probably owing san
more To developed vitality. There IL m, ~
uerCe that even the feeble races are Ca,l,is,
man They became after their first accilmafi-
TIE BcnEalee was what Ne l-nou, hin,
twelve hundred years ago. anf tho al ,fna-na,l
vas represented on porcelain Just as he il
now te.ufe TIE Dir n OF Christ. No race eyer
multiplied like the Anglo saxon. which "a
10 aGNahtate ~ climate, and IN lately ~
larticular acN ariago OF food LhysIcai con-
oltion depends on physical conditions ana
why should q race better fed batfa. cI,fl,.ti
anu better housed Than 70 ever was l,ef,,, 49, =,
geneiaier Hecause ~ eats corn instead OF
btrllts| Compare the California aud -
J igecr Indian. Because a. wears cI,fb,,..,
Tie wearing 81 clothes, Do bUrlcnSone-
which tie experience OF army doctors la In
dia as 10 the best costume f,r unar.bf,,,,
makes excessively doubtful. they derlariDS
unanimously that breechleSs men SD Ter nom
ware Ose Ncl1 a. men wearing trousers a.
ioi-must operate a. permanent physical
framing. on carry weight habituallV De-
cause Trey keep Indoors COMPARE FngiiSb
Iruft sSiOnals with TaSfnRnian sayapss lily
n z out OF doors. Nv
The conditions ofciviIization NOT only ao
not prohibit Capt Webb. who "A ,uld 6ave
oul-Naiktd, out-swum, or strangled any
GERMAN mat Tacitus ever ronanc,.l aboui
but they enable him 10 live u 20 Instead Of
dNing Al ~ aS 900 years agO he then proba-
done. INV"
That the human race, even under the hos,
Couultlohs, advances very little ia physical
capacities i true, but then a. IL true also thai
nose conditions are faial 10 the most power
lul oithe old improving forces. the survival
"a W LIt,eL >llll an advance II perceptible
IN vital power, and we question whether n
Hfcek swimmer would ever have crossed
from Dover 10 Calais, Just as strongly a. we
JUGS ION Wh"ther ne ancient world ~ ar pos
SeSSed horse which would have acbieveB a
Place al kbsOm. Why should men grow fee-
BE In civilization any more than horses
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