Southall’scontention,seeBrugsch,EgyptofthePharoahs。Forthetwosidesofthequestionwhetherinthelowergradesofsavagerythereisreallyanyrecognitionofasuperiorpower,oranythingwhichcanbecalled,inanyacceptedsense,religion,compareQuatrefageswithLubbock,inworksalreadycited。ForastrikingbutratheradcaptandumefforttoshowthatthereisamoralandreligioussenseintheverylowestofAustraliantribes,seeoneofthediscoursesofArchbishopVaughnonScienceandReligion,Baltimore,1879。Foroneoutofmultitiudesofstrikingandinstructiveresemblancesinancientstoneimplementsandthosenowinuseamongsundrysavagetribes,seecomparisonbetweenoldScandanavianarrowheadsandthoserecentlybroughtfromTierradelFuego,inNilsson,asabove,especiallyinPlateV。Forabriefandadmirablestatementoftheargumentsonbothsides,seeSirJ。Lubbock’sDundeepaper,givenintheappendixtotheAmericaneditionofhisOriginofCivilization,etc。ForthegeneralargumentreferredtobetweenWhatelyandtheDukeofArgyllononeside,andLubbockontheother,seeLubbock’sDundeepaperasabovecited;Tylor,EarlyHistoryofMankind,especiallyp。193;andtheDukeofArgyll,PrimevalMan,partiv。
Fordifficultiesofsavagesinarithmetic,seeLubbock,asabove,pp。459etseq。Foraverytemperateandjudicialviewofthewholequestion,seeTylorasabove,chaps。viiandxiii。Forabriefsummaryofthescientificpositionregardingthestagnationanddeteriorationofraces,resultinginthestatementthatsuchdeterioration“innowaycontradictsthetheorythatcivilizationitselfisdevelopedfromlowtohighstages。”seeTylor,Anthropology,chap。i。Forstrikingexamplesofthetestimonyoflanguagetoupwardprogress,seeTylor,chap。xii。
CHAPTERX。
THE“FALLOFMAN“ANDHISTORY。
Thehistoryofart,especiallyasshownbyarchitecture,inthenoblestmonumentsofthemostenlightenednationsofantiquity;