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A system of phrenology (1839)

Combe, George, 1788-1858 · Boston, Marsh · leaf 595

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ges must first be civilized ; and as there is little hope thatthe present generation of Indians can be well civilized, there is butlittle more that they will be Christianized.—p. 145. The head of the BRAZIL INDIAN bearssome resemblance to the former. The defi-ciency in Size is the same, indicating… … DEVELOPEMENT OF NATIONS. 575 It is known that the Jesuits attempted to civilize a number ofthese tribes, and that, by humane and intelligent treatment, theyacquired a great moral ascendency over them, induced them tosettle, and established something like order and the arts of sociallife among them.…

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