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The heart of a continent : vol.1 |
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been slowly raised from their birthplace in the ocean-beds,
then washed down again and others raised in their place,
during all these millions of years, animal and vegetable has
been developing, first, like the mountains, beneath the waters
of the sea, and afterwards in the continental tracts of
land.
And with the idea of evolution thoroughly engrafted into
the mind, as it must be on reading any of the books of
science which a traveller naturally takes up, the observer of
varied races of mankind finds himself considering how these
races are developing, to what goal they are progressing, and
upon what lines their evolution is taking place. And especially
interesting is the question raised by the study of these various
stages of human evolution; whether the race is developing
intellectually, or whether its development, not being towards
an increased intellectual capacity in the individual, is rather
in the direction of a higher moral nature. And in this matter
my observations seem to corroborate the views put forward
by Mr. Benjamin Kidd, that the development now is not
primarily intellectual, but rather moral and religious; that
since man has become a social creature, the development of
his intellectual character has become subordinate to the
development of his religious character.
It is the privilege of a traveller to have opportunities of
mixing, on and after his journey, with persons in every
grade of the social scale, and of every degree of intellectual
capacity. During his travels he frequently associates with
men who are little better than beasts of burden, and on his
return he meets with statesmen, men of science, and men of
letters of the first rank in the most civilized countries of the
world. He sees every step of the ladder of human progress.
And, so far as I have been able to make use of my opportunities
of observation, I have not been impressed with any great
mental superiority of the most highly developed races of
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