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FL661367

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first because I believe, on good ground
that no nation or tribe was originally
so savage or ignorant as there are some
nowadays. for in the primitive
ages though they had not the means
of education & improvement as we
now have they had certain traditions
which kept them from gross ignorance.
Besides, before that wide dispersion
of the human races, the amount of population
living in close proximity would
afford certain social advantages
for improvement. A thinly scattered
people is sure to grow gradually more
ignorant & uncivilised.
Secondly [words crossed out]
the Aborigines themselves have
an impression that their ancestors knew more than themselves. There
are in the third place a few slight
traces found of superior ideas such as I have related just now. And

FL661367

first because Ibelieve, on good ground
that no nation or tribe was originally
so savage or ignorant as there are some
nowadays. for in the primitive
ages though they had not the means
of education & improvement as we
now have they had certain traditions
which kept them from gross ignorance.
Besides, before that wide dispersion
of the human races, the amount of population
living in close proximity would
afford certain social advantages
for improvement. A thinly scattered
people is sure to grow gradually more
ignorant & uncivilised.
Secondly [words crossed out]
the Aborigines themselves have
an impression that their ancestors knew more than themselves. There
are in the third place a few slight
traces found of superior ideas such as I have related just now. And

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