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The heart of a continent : vol.1 |
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Europe over lower races with whom I have been brought in
contact. In mere brain-power and intellectual capacity there
seems no great difference between the civilized European and,
say, the rough hill-tribesman of the Himalayas; and, in regard
to the Chinaman, I should even say that the advantage lay
on his side. In the rude hill states of Hunza and Chitral,
among men whose natural endowments I have had some
means of judging, for I have been in contact with them for
months, and engaged with them in the transaction of business
where their intellectual capacity might well be observed, I
have remarked that the average ability is certainly not
inferior to the average of a European people. One meets
there with shrewd, sharp, intelligent men who, with regard
to any of their own concerns, or any subject with which they
have some acquaintance, can grasp points quickly, and give
their answers directly and comprehensively; men with excellent
memories, and with a power of speech, and, amongst themselves,
a quickness of repartee, certainly not inferior to that of a
European. Amongst the races of India, and with the Chinese,
this is still more noticeable. The European may feel his moral
superiority over them, but in sharpness of intellect there seems
little to choose between the two. The brain capacities of
these less-civilized races is no smaller, and their mental abilities
are no less.
On the other hand, no European can mix with non-Christian
races without feeling his moral superiority over them. He
feels, from the first contact with them, that, whatever may be
their relative positions from an intellectual point of view, he is
stronger morally than they are. And facts show that this
feeling is a true one. It is not because we are any cleverer
than the natives of India, because we have more brains or
bigger heads than they have, that we rule India; but because
we are stronger morally than they are. Our superiority over
them is not due to mere sharpness of intellect, but to that
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