| W. E. Manley - Bible - 1859 - 396 pages
...them descend into the arable plains and spread toward all parts of the horizon." pp. 292, 293. 351. " Man presents to our view his purest, his most perfect...temperate continents, at the centre of Asia-Europe, in the region of Iran of Armenia and of Caucassus ; and departing from this Geographical centre, in the three... | |
| ARNOLD GUYOT - 1860 - 342 pages
...Much has been said, gentlemen, much has been written, on this important question of the human raws — one of the most difficult and the most delicate the...polar regions, in proportion to the temperatures, man present* to our view his purest, his most perfect type, at the very centre of the temperate continents,... | |
| David Page - Physical geography - 1864 - 374 pages
...higher characteristics of his race. And even as regards the whole species, it is held by some that " Man presents to our view his purest, his most perfect...Asia-Europe, in the regions of Iran, of Armenia, and the Caucasus ; and, departing from this geographical centre in the three grand directions of the lands,... | |
| David Page - Physical geography - 1864 - 352 pages
...higher characteristics of his race. And even as regards the whole species, it is held by some that " Man presents to our view his purest, his most perfect type at the very centre of the temperate continents—at the centre of Asia-Europe, in the regions of Iran, of Armenia, and the Caucasus ; and,... | |
| Joseph Simms - Characters and characteristics - 1873 - 830 pages
...to state and verify the fact that, while all the types of plants and of animals gradually decrease in perfection from the equatorial to the polar regions, in proportion to the temperature, man presents to us his purest and most perfect type at the very centre of the temperate... | |
| George Washington Williams - African Americans - 1882 - 1152 pages
...on the other side of the question to account for the intellectual diversity of the races of mankind. "While all the types of animals and of plants go on...of the temperate continents, — at the centre of Asia, Europe, in the regions of Iran, of Armenia, and of the Caucasus; and, departing from this geographical... | |
| David Page - 1883 - 394 pages
...higher characteristics of his race. And even as regards the whole species, it is held by some that " Man presents to our view his purest, his most perfect type, at the very centre of the temperate continents—at the centre of AsiaEurope, in the regions of Iran, of Armenia, and the Caucasus ; and,... | |
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