Such a uniform and constant difference could not happen, in so many countries and ages, if nature had not made an original distinction between these breeds of men. Not to mention our colonies, there are Negroe slaves dispersed all over Europe, of whom... Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects - Page 545by David Hume - 1804Full view - About this book
| David Hume - 1809 - 868 pages
...antient Germans, the present Tartars, have still something eminent about them, in their valour, form of government, or some other particular. Such a uniform...distinction between these breeds of men. Not to mention our coloniesf there are Negro slaves dispersed all over Europe, of whom none ever discovered any symptoms... | |
| John Dunmore Lang - 1847 - 522 pages
...mind. Such a uniform and constant difference (as that which subsists between the whites and the blacks) could not happen, in so many countries and ages, if...original distinction between these breeds of men." But an equally intelligent, and much more unprejudiced witness, who speaks from extensive personal... | |
| Sir George Cornewall Lewis - 1852 - 500 pages
...ancient Germans — the present Tartars — have still something eminent about them in their valour, form of government, or some other particular. Such a uniform...countries and ages, if nature had not made an original distmction between these breeds of men. Not to mention our colonies, there are Negro slaves dispersed... | |
| John Dunmore Lang - 1861 - 500 pages
...mind. Such a uniform and constant difference (as that which subsists between the whites and the blacks) could not happen, in so many countries and ages, if...original distinction between these breeds of men." But an equally intelligent, and much more unprejudiced witness, who speaks from extensive personal... | |
| Thomas Henry Huxley - 1879 - 230 pages
...action or speculation. . . . Such a uniform and constant difference [between the negroes and the whites] could not happen in so many countries and ages, if...original distinction between these breeds of men. ... In Jamaica, indeed, they talk of one Negro as a man of parts and learning ; but it is likely he... | |
| Thomas Henry Huxley - 1896 - 346 pages
...action or speculation. . . . Such a uniform and constant difference [between the negroes and the whites] could not happen in so many countries and ages, if...original distinction between these breeds of men. . . . In Jamaica, indeed, they talk of one Negro as a man of parts and learning; but it is likely he... | |
| Thomas Henry Huxley - 1902 - 678 pages
...Such a uniform and constant difference [between the negroes and the whites] could not happen in BO many countries and ages, if nature had not made an original distinction between these breeds of men. ... In Jamaica, indeed, they talk of one Negro as a man of parts and learning ; but it is likely he... | |
| Thomas Henry Huxley - 1909 - 234 pages
...action or speculation. . . . Such a uniform and constant difference [between the negroes and the whites] could not happen in so many countries and ages, if...original distinction between these breeds of men. ... In Jamaica, indeed, they talk of one Negro as a man of parts and learning ; but it is likely he... | |
| Thomas Henry Huxley - 1914 - 344 pages
...action or speculation. . . . Such a uniform and constant difference [between the negroes and the whites] could not happen in so many countries and ages, if...original distinction between these breeds of men. ... In Jamaica, indeed, they talk of one Negro as a man of parts and learning ; but it is likely he... | |
| Raoul Allier - 1929 - 332 pages
...or in speculation. . . . Such a uniform and constant difference (between the negros and the whites) could not happen in so many countries and ages, if...original distinction between these breeds of men. ... In Jamaica, indeed, they talk of one Negro as a man of parts and learning, but it is likely he... | |
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