The Historical Development Of The Work Of

Remember That In Every Single Case In History The Process Of Adaptation Has Been One Of Exceeding Slowness. Do Not Look For The Impossible, But Do Not Let Your Path Deviate From The Quiet And Steadfast Insistence On Full Opportunities For Your Powers.

Anthropology Has Reached That Point Of Development Where The Careful Investigation Of Facts Shakes Our Firm Belief In The Far-reaching Theories That Have Been Built Up. The Complexity Of Each Phenomenon Dawns On Our Minds, And Makes Us Desirous Of Proceeding More Cautiously. Heretofore We Have Seen The Features Common To All Human Thought

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.

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

In France, That Let Down The Barriers More Than A Hundred Years Ago, The Feeling Of Antipathy Is Still Strong Enough To Sustain An Anti-jewish Political Party