Natural History of the Negro Race, Volumen1D. J. Dowling, 1837 - 162 páginas |
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Página iv
... intellect . The knowledge of the works of creation elevates us to that of the Creator ; the more we understand them , the more we understand Him . To adore His everlasting pow- er and infinite wisdom , we must open the book of nature ...
... intellect . The knowledge of the works of creation elevates us to that of the Creator ; the more we understand them , the more we understand Him . To adore His everlasting pow- er and infinite wisdom , we must open the book of nature ...
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... intellect posed to idiotism , virtue to vice , genius to brutishness , co- vetousness to prodigality , obedience to command : on one hand , chiefs , kings , sovereigns ; on the other , inferiors and subjects . We find infancy under the ...
... intellect posed to idiotism , virtue to vice , genius to brutishness , co- vetousness to prodigality , obedience to command : on one hand , chiefs , kings , sovereigns ; on the other , inferiors and subjects . We find infancy under the ...
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... intellect , and power over all other races , to the red man cunning and patience , to the black man senses more active than his intellectual faculties , and a timorous and servile mind ? Why has God colored so differently and ...
... intellect , and power over all other races , to the red man cunning and patience , to the black man senses more active than his intellectual faculties , and a timorous and servile mind ? Why has God colored so differently and ...
Página vii
... intellect is also superior to the human pas- sions , and the more man lives by his mind , the more he rises above all others who indulge only in sensual plea- sures . Let this principle be applied to the various races of men on earth ...
... intellect is also superior to the human pas- sions , and the more man lives by his mind , the more he rises above all others who indulge only in sensual plea- sures . Let this principle be applied to the various races of men on earth ...
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... intellect is not generally so ex- tensive as that of the white man ; his shape even bears some resemblance to the Orang - Outang . Every one knows the projecting face of negroes , their woolly hair , large and thick lips , broad flat ...
... intellect is not generally so ex- tensive as that of the white man ; his shape even bears some resemblance to the Orang - Outang . Every one knows the projecting face of negroes , their woolly hair , large and thick lips , broad flat ...
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Términos y frases comunes
according Africa American ancient Angola animals appears become bilious black color blood Blumenbach body bones brain Caffres called Cape Negro cause climate coast cold colonies common complexion constitution contrary countries Creoles cutaneous diseases damp dark darker diameter dysentery elephantiasis endemic European excessive exposed eyes fatal females fevers frequent hair head heat Hence Hist Hottentot human inferior inhabitants instance intellect Islands James Hendy kind l'homme larger lascivious leprosy less liable lips living maladies manner medulla oblongata Mestize mixtures Mongul monkeys mulatto Mungo Park nations nature negresses negro race negro species nerves nose observed occipital offspring olive colored orang-outang organs owing Papous Paris passions peculiar perspiration prevails produce proportion prove quadrupeds Quarteroon race remarked robust savages Senegal skin skull slaves small pox smell soil strong stupid teeth tetanus tion Torrid Zone tribes ulcers Voyage warm warmth weak white nations white race women
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Página 31 - They secrete less by the kidneys, and more by the glands of the skin, which gives them a very strong and disagreeable odor.
Página 31 - Comparing them by their faculties of memory, reason, and imagination, it appears to me, that in memory they are equal to the whites; in reason much inferior, as I think one could scarcely be found capable of tracing and comprehending the investigations of Euclid; and that in imagination they are dull, tasteless, and anomalous.
Página 32 - Most of them indeed have been confined to tillage, to their own homes, and their own society: yet many have been so situated, that they might have availed themselves of the conversation of their masters; many have been brought up to the handicraft arts, and from that circumstance have always been associated with the whites. Some have been liberally educated, and all have lived in countries where the arts and sciences are cultivated to a considerable degree, and have had before their eyes samples...
Página 124 - Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you to inherit them for a possession ; they shall be your bondmen for ever : but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
Página 31 - They are more ardent after their female; but love seems with them to be more an eager desire, than a tender delicate mixture of sentiment and sensation. Their griefs are transient.
Página 30 - And is this difference of no importance ? Is it not the foundation of a greater or less share of beauty in the two races? Are not the fine mixtures of red and white, the expressions of every passion by greater or less suffusions of color in the one, preferable to that eternal monotony which reigns in the countenances, that immovable veil of black which covers all the emotions of the other race...
Página 32 - The Indians, with no advantages of the kind, will often carve figures on their pipes, not destitute of design and merit. They will crayon out an animal, a plant, or a country, so as to prove the existence of a germ in their minds, which only wants cultivation.
Página xiii - Rome, we skim off the cream of other men's wits, pick the choice flowers of their tilled gardens to set out our own sterile plots. Castrant olios ut libros suos per se graciles alieno adipe suffarciant (so "Jovius inveighs.) They lard their lean books with the fat of others
Página 32 - In music they are more generally gifted than the whites with accurate ears for tune and time...
Página 31 - They are at least as brave, and more adventuresome. But this may perhaps proceed from a want of forethought which prevents their seeing a danger till it be present.