Samuel George Morton quotes
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“The American Race is marked by a brown complexion; long, black, lank hair; and deficient beard.”
-- Samuel George MortonSource : Samuel George Morton, George Combe (1839). “Crania Americana; Or, A Comparative View of the Skulls of Various Aboriginal Nations of North and South America: To which is Prefixed an Essay on the Varieties of the Human Species”, p.6, Philadelphia : J. Dobson ; London : Simpkin, Marshall
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“The moral and intellectual character of the Africans is widely different in different nations.”
-- Samuel George MortonSource : Samuel George Morton, George Combe (1839). “Crania Americana; Or, A Comparative View of the Skulls of Various Aboriginal Nations of North and South America: To which is Prefixed an Essay on the Varieties of the Human Species”, p.87, Philadelphia : J. Dobson ; London : Simpkin, Marshall
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“In disposition the Negro is joyous, flexible, and indolent; while the many nations which compose this race present a singular diversity of intellectual character, of which the far extreme is the lowest grade of humanity.”
-- Samuel George MortonSource : Samuel George Morton, George Combe (1839). “Crania Americana; Or, A Comparative View of the Skulls of Various Aboriginal Nations of North and South America: To which is Prefixed an Essay on the Varieties of the Human Species”, p.7, Philadelphia : J. Dobson ; London : Simpkin, Marshall
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“The Negroes have little invention, but strong powers of imitation, so that they readily acquire mechanic arts. They have a great talent for music, and all their external senses are remarkably acute.”
-- Samuel George MortonSource : Samuel George Morton, George Combe (1839). “Crania Americana; Or, A Comparative View of the Skulls of Various Aboriginal Nations of North and South America: To which is Prefixed an Essay on the Varieties of the Human Species”, p.88, Philadelphia : J. Dobson ; London : Simpkin, Marshall
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“Don't. Please, just let me hold you a little bit longer," he mumbled into my hair”
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“All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.”
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“On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way.”
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“Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within.”
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“When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.”
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Source : A. C. Grayling (2004). “Life, Sex and Ideas: The Good Life Without God”, p.130, Oxford University Press, USA
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“It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone.”
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