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No One Has Ever Proved That A Human Being, Through His Descent From A Certain Group Of People, Must Of Necessity Have Certain Mental Characteristics.

Courtesy, Modesty, Good Manners, Conformity To Definite Ethical Standards Are Universal, But What Constitutes Courtesy, Modesty, Good Manners, And Definite Ethical Standards Is Not Universal. It Is Instructive To Know That Standards Differ In The Most Unexpected Ways.

Furthermore, The Study Of The Present Surroundings Is Insufficient: The History Of The People, The Influence Of The Regions Through Which It Has Passed On Its Migrations, And The People With Whom It Came Into Contact, Must Be Considered

It Is Clear, From These Considerations, That The Three Methods Of Classifying Mankind-that According To Physical Characters, According To Language, And According To Culture-all Reflect The Historical Development Of Races From Different Standpoints; And That The Results Of The Three Classifications Are Not Comparable, Because The Historical Facts Do Not Affect The Three Classes Of Phenomena Equally. A Consideration Of All These Classes Of Facts Is Needed When We Endeavour To Reconstruct The Early History Of The Races Of Mankind.

I Hope I May Have Succeeded In Presenting To You, However Imperfectly, The Currents Of Thought Due To The Work Of The Immortal Darwin Which Have Helped To Make Anthropology What It Is At The Present Time