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useless repetition if we discuss the origin <strong>of</strong><br />

characters peculiar to the male sex together<br />

with certain other characters common to both<br />

sexes.<br />

LAW OF BATTLE.<br />

With savages, for instance, the Australians, the<br />

women are the constant cause <strong>of</strong> war both between<br />

members <strong>of</strong> the same tribe and between<br />

distinct tribes. So no doubt it was in ancient<br />

times; "nam fuit ante Helenam mulier teterrima<br />

belli causa." With some <strong>of</strong> the North American<br />

Indians, the contest is reduced to a system. That<br />

excellent observer, Hearne (22. 'A Journey from<br />

Prince <strong>of</strong> Wales Fort,' 8vo. ed. Dublin, 1796, p.<br />

104. Sir J. Lubbock ('Origin <strong>of</strong> Civilisation,'<br />

1870, p. 69) gives other and similar cases in<br />

North America. For the Guanas <strong>of</strong> South America<br />

see Azara, 'Voyages,' etc. tom. ii. p. 94.),<br />

says:—"It has ever been the custom among these<br />

people for the men to wrestle for any woman

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