 Why then, in the course of ages, has he not invented printing or steam power? I should be quite justified in asking our Huron why, if he is equal to our European peoples, his tribe has never produced a Caesar or a Charlemagne among its warriors, and why...  The Inequality of Human Races - Page 37by Arthur comte de Gobineau - 1915 - 217 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jonathan M. Marks - Social Science - 2001 - 338 pages
...intellect which is absolutely the same as that of the Englishman or Frenchman! Why then, in the course of ages, has he not invented printing or steam power?...have, in some inexplicable way, neglected to become Homers and Galens." Gobineau's pompous questions were simply misdirected. The answers were not to be... | |
 | Dinesh D'Souza - Philosophy - 1996 - 764 pages
...an intellect which is absolutely the same as that of the Englishman or tlie Frenchman!" he explodes. "Why, then, in the course of the ages, has he not invented printing or steam power?" Gobineau suggests that "nowhere is the soil more fertile, the climate milder, than in certain parts... | |
 | Richard Delgado, Jean Stefancic - Social Science - 1997 - 710 pages
...an intellect which is absolutely the same as that of the Englishman or the Frenchman! " he explodes. "Why, then, in the course of the ages, has he not invented printing or steam power?" Gobineau suggests that "nowhere is the soil more fertile, the climate milder, than in certain parts... | |
 | Catherine Besteman, Hugh Gusterson - History - 2005 - 302 pages
...intellect which is absolutely the same as that of the Englishman or Frenchman! Why, then, in the course of ages, has he not invented printing or steam power?...have, in some inexplicable way, neglected to become Homers and Galens."56 What Gobineau took for granted is that "did not" means "could not." What the... | |
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