The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-10-14
gust. The state ayerages Mre
MAN NOT DEGENERATING.
The Modern Egyptian a. Zig as the
ElsN ptian OF Thousands Of hcars AGO.
The NOdcrn EngI:slIninn Bigger
Ih.n iIiH AMrCsIOrs.

hhN AVE- l''s
Ejsy p,ian OF Thousands Of Wears AGE
Thc 1sodcln EngI;sIin,nn HiggC
Than his Ancestors.
There never was adcusion with less cv
dcncc for it, except permanent imprct
sion among mankind, which is often tn
result, not of accumulated experience
but of an ever renewing discomfort wit
the actual state Of things. There is no
the slightest evidence anywhere that MAJ
was ever bigger, stronger, Swiitcr, o
more enduring under the same condi
tions Of food and climate than he is now
As to the bigncsS, the evidence is pos
tive. Modern Egyptians are aS big y
| the mummiCS who were conqucroIS il
their day, and modern Englishmcn ar,
bigger. There are not in existence
thousand coats of armOr which an Eng
Iishman regiment could put on. Very
few mOdcrnS can use ancient swords, be
cause the hits are too small for thcil
hands. Endless wealth and skill were
expended in picking gladiators, and
there is no evidence that man among
them was rs big or rs strong as Shaw
No skeleton, no statue, no pictures, IN
dicatcs that men in general were
p'Esr', ', 'ne 1--WE I, VI to,"'H ] "u 80 ri ~
IT, .I'! W''T , III nEl pl W 'I '"'E'' IN ,ho H.,
PcoPlc vi 'i'' l'o.I'"s''a % nav, ~, r ,I a.,
Roman soldicry No feat is recorded Il,
usual with Greek athletes which English
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WIlolll we nave nnS "'c"',H' '''|' H'''".'
caIl accrP'' IhrI'S y, r'''''',''I",! ~
'"Sar ''aUl III an pou''y crn''',",''
ana WIN III, llcrca'G' power VI N'' pug
aa''Nc' "n'cil n.a! 'c P"i.H o"i w.
'"'P'"''' coI''''',1''' l.II W Nv ny IT,,
P!o'm''y oW,'S Wv sun ''io'c ~ ".,'''I,,,'
NllalIlf' lIicrc Is i'o 'El'Gn'r t''''
even Ihe l'eolG races are ''cnItr ,i"a,'
thcS pcc''''lc "''c' 'ne'' i''SV "''''i''''''"''-
''Gm; ,., H..
me hclGalcr was WIlaI we kno" ini nm
Twelve hundred years ago. anu 'hc In., ~,
na'llo'' was rcpFcSc,''rn ", l"ivt'"'', =
Just aS ne Is now oc'"rc l',e o'r'h =, VI
,hrlSt' NO race ever 'h"'I''l,c" "N'
Ihc Nl@l"-HaXoil' WI''c'' mas ;.n ''I' no W "'- ~
vantage oil climate ana ''Il lItey h4 h4'
particular advantage "' l0""' 'I''r"' -.
coii''''Io'' u'PcIh'H H' PhSHi'"i ''r",
tloIN, ana why 'h1','" t%'c pci'r' I'o,
h'lIcr clothc", ana "'''cr nouIr" '''"' !.
ever was oc'orc ucscnr'alt ',,'u,o It
eats corn lh'tcad 1i p'rr'c' compare
ilo '"''IoFI'" anu .Hc ,''GTr' i''',:.,',
hcca'Tc II wears c'"'l''' I!i i.I "L"'
oi cIot''c' II 'u'"G''N''l'' i,.'i' 1I. '"o "
l"''I"'' vi 'inl Wv, WE = '',.,,i
'''c ocSt cG'tI'it ,r ~, , n''J''' l,., ',,Nu' n
;e,',,G,S ~ t n",'T,.,, Iroo,L ,'S n. n ynG2r rom
l'io"o'S .'';v "'or' , ,'',D' ,n'' =" "'' tto'.ori
Ea''coI' ,','1' WILLIE a, n', ,',' "o'.'"n aorn,nnnnt
w. ;'r 'io' "'"ia ,n";n;,,. '" vom r,rr,. w"ight
pl'fy,"ii ."'I,1 na1,.o ,I,o,. L"nm irJnnr.9
,t','.u.''i ' I,r;I I""., -" Wv" ;,h To.
manan SavagcN, living IN ldcllIralIE inc
same climate. but living out OF doors.
The conditions OF clyllIzatlon not ohiy
do not prohlhlt Capt. Ncbb, VINO W"ui4
have out-waIkcd, out-SWllm, or Strah@i'G,
any German that lacltIS ever roh!''h'cd
about, but they enabled nm I" iiV' To
seventy instead OF dying at iorty'hI"; -
two thousand years ago he then proDahly
Il slave bred Tor the arena Wo''In nave
done.
That the human race, even under tii'
best conditions, advances very niue IN
physical capacities Is true, bnt then 1t Is
true also that those conditions are not
fatal to the most powerful ot tine o!d mn
proving forces, the survival ol the hlte' l;
still an advance Is perceptlble IN Nllal
power, and we question whether Greek
Dover to Calais, just as strongly rs We
question whether the ancient world ever
un.sc.-r1 a horse which would have