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nations may be worth adding. This subject has<br />

been ably discussed by Mr. W.R. Greg (9. 'Fraser's<br />

Magazine,' Sept. 1868, p. 353. This article<br />

seems to have struck many persons, and has<br />

given rise to two remarkable essays and a rejoinder<br />

in the 'Spectator,' Oct. 3rd and 17th,<br />

1868. It has also been discussed in the 'Quarterly<br />

Journal <strong>of</strong> Science,' 1869, p. 152, and by Mr.<br />

Lawson Tait in the 'Dublin Quarterly Journal <strong>of</strong><br />

Medical Science,' Feb. 1869, and by Mr. E. Ray<br />

Lankester in his 'Comparative Longevity,' 1870,<br />

p. 128. Similar views appeared previously in<br />

the 'Australasian,' July 13, 1867. I have borrowed<br />

ideas from several <strong>of</strong> these writers.), and<br />

previously by Mr. Wallace and Mr. Galton. (10.<br />

For Mr. Wallace, see 'Anthropological Review,'<br />

as before cited. Mr. Galton in 'Macmillan's Magazine,'<br />

Aug. 1865, p. 318; also his great work,<br />

'Hereditary Genius,' 1870.) Most <strong>of</strong> my remarks<br />

are taken from these three authors. With savages,<br />

the weak in body or mind are soon eliminated;<br />

and those that survive commonly exhibit

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