Samuel George Morton - The Negroes have little invention, but strong powers of imitation, so that

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 Morton

source: 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

topic: Strong, Art, Littles, Great Talent