The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-24
NEAR THE SUMMIT.
AFRENcH SCIENTIST FoRETsLLs THE
GOOD TIME COMING.

in
Progress Leading Up to n Rapid Union of i
the Human Family-Extension of Euro Is
pean Raccs-A Free Field For tho whites
of Europe and America. e
1t appears that the human race is about y
10 reach the summit of the epoch called c
the reign of humanity. The great dis
coveries made in later times. the exotic
countries explored form connection Of
which will establish new 4
processes of civilization and more
powerful contact between different hui
man races. And the races themselves
what will become Of them? This ques {
ton the distinguished anthropologist, NJ.
Zaborowski, has attempted to solve. The |
globe has now population of 500, 000,- !,
600 of people, and indications are that
this will be doubled in very short time. /
Now, it must not be forgotten that all h
parts of the globe are today visited by
people who represent about one-fifth of
humanity, and these are gifted with a
power of expansion which has never be-
fore been realized. But all distinctive
race peculiarities will efface themselves.
The great digestive power Of the EslSi
mo, the velocity and facility with
which a reserve fund of food is supplied
by the rapid fattening Of the Bochiman,
the simian mobility, the feline agility of
the dwarfs of the forest, will become I'M
necessary by the rapid approach of civ
ilization. Civilized man has no need Of
these.
Progress will also result in the in
crease of hereditary elements Of charac-
ter, and by this the rapid union of the
human race, for, after all is said, human
,,ity does not differ much. In some opin-
ions the most degraded savages will
! some day become civilized, although
= Others consider even intellectual differ
'ences between neighboring races as ire
4 ducible. According to NJ. Zaborowski
e it is necessary, above all, to preserve all
colonies from the entertainments of mere
: Adventures and to remember that their
Il intelligence will only be increased by a
j corresponding development of their i'm
: plements, their manual deXterity, the
/ delicacy of their senses, their social hab-
}. its and their needs. Notwithstanding
appearances, there is no cosmopolitan
u human race, as there is in general nc
J. cosmopolitans. 1t is useless to signalizt
& the dog in this manner, for it is only O
hypothesis which has been acted upon il
identifying wild dogs with the dogs Of
i. oriental towns.
n 1t is reduced to nothing by the single
T. fact that different dogs were found il
> different regions ut the quaternary epocl
y when there were as yet no domestic an
IS imals. Man, thanks to his intelligence
IS and to the resources of his intellectual
! development, alone enjoys the power o
10 acclimation. He modifics by artificial
is means the place where he is called t
~ live, and he knows how to eNtenuate O
y. charm away the noXious influences 0
different climates This faculty, how
lh ever, has its limits Thus in spite of al
IN the advantages and the pompous dis
!, play enjoyed by the English in India
60 they have never been able to raise thei
Tx families there. All the intercepted re
y gions are in the same way almost fol
~ hidden to the races of thenorthern zone
of Europe AT the same time menta
differences nre caused by places an
climates, and there are profound differ
. ences which never disappear by whc
r. races are separated and distinguished
w In effect, tonll appearances the create
+ part Of the races will disappear frOl
Z the fact Of the rapid extension Of til
Ii, European races. For it is necessary {
be remember that in the movements whic
p; are important to the actual world eco
~ nomic influences ceasclessly interven
to and change the provisions of science
.tc For n long timo it was supposed thu
la Algeria would never be colunizcd b
Europeans, but the colonies have tran
20 formed tho climate, and By the caref,
management Of the water have made
III Algeria relatively henlthful country
lid But for long time in certain COZ
Ne ditiuns If climate there will he a plat
'lA at the side Of the European races Il
very different races, endowed with abilit
to work, and thus capable of competir
sh for Il great part of the globe. These rae
are not very numerous but at the hcu
~ is found the admirable Chinese wi
INK alone represent onc-thiTd Of humuuit
l-rI But there nre others who will disappc;
Hr in q more or less distant future. Amor
~ these uro tho Laps, many Of the inhal
or. tants Of ancient Asia, tho Neddahs, Il
ne Malays, tho little blacks Of the Phil
o. pines of BJrneo and all the other poop
,"i who, for thousands Of years, have /
I'M fused themselves to all culture aud a
only the survivors, surprising TO thcI
all selves, of an almost vanished age. Al
the Indians of North and South Ameri