cion of heresy. But, before quitting so dry a* subject, I must gratify
the reader with a pair of extracts from two different works,—parallel
in critical calibre, and similar through an accident, that each of their
authors boasts of an Allentarne surname—which will exemplify into
what helpless vagaries this apochryphal noun “ blood” has lifted up
two most talented monogenists above the multitude.
Sample A is chosen from the pages of Sir Robert H. Schom-
burgk,558 writing for the English public.
A.5—“ Many scoffers have attempted to establish the hypothesis,
that the first germs of the development of the human race in America,
can be sought for nowhere but in that quarter of the globe; but
unless it can be proved that the laws of nature are in direct violation
with Mosaic [sic ///] records, which expressly say that ‘ God has
made of one blood all the nations of men to dwell on all the face
of the earth,’ we must still appeal to that Holy Book for interpretation
[that is, ‘ we must’ hunt through the Pentateuch for Acts XVH,
26 !].”
Sample B is* taken from some pages in the Charleston Medical
Journal,659 composed by an author560 writing for the American public.
With the exception of the figures appended, our compositors have
been so good as to set it up in fae-simile.
B.—“ We are advocating the doctrine of the Unity of the Human Race simply on scien- 1
tific principles. We care not to make issues on points that have no legitimate bearing 2
on the subject to which we are restricted in this discussion. Those with whom We intend 3
to have no controversy have nothing to apprehend from our criticisms. We may, how- 4
ever, here observe that the figures of dogs and of men (the latter only are of any scien- 5
tific value,) on the eastern monuments, have been carefully studied and delineated by 6
master-minds — men, at whose feet Mr. Gliddon has set as an humble copyist. They 7
have commenced giving to the world the result of their scientific researches. Both 8
Lepsius and Bunsen have already proclaimed their belief in the doctrine of the Unity of 9
the Human Race, and the former, as we are informed, is now engaged in a work, in 10
which he will offer reasons for the faith that is in him. Thus these monumental records, 11
which caused Gliddon to pronotmce in the language of scorn and obloquy a tirade 12
against the scriptures, convinced the piinds of Lepsius and Bunsen of their truth, and 13
filled them with humility, reverence, and awe. Their scientific researches satisfied 14
them of the doctrines proclaimed by Moses, and confirmed by Paul. 15
et ‘And (God) hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on the face of 16
the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their 17
habitation.’ ' Acts 17 ch. 26 v. 18
668 Twelve Views in British Guiana, &c., London, folio, 1841, p. 29.
559 Charleston, S. C., 1854 — republished as a Monograph, “ An Examination of the
characteristics of Généra and Species as applicable to the Doctrine of the Unity of the
Human Race,” pp. 22—3. Its author rides, or is bestridden by, two hobbies, —; the one
theological, and the other mammalogical. His duplex equitation bnàvu avriòv— (See S t r a u s s ,
Vie de Jésus, transi. Littré, Paris, 1839, II, Ie partie, pp. 302-13)—always puts me in mind
of an “ old, and musty” Greek proverb, how— “ Leucon carried one thing, and his ass
another.”
680 Types of Mankind, p. 628, foot-note 210; and “ Memoir of Morton,” pp. liii-vi.
“ Tuese distinguished naturalists both arrived at* the conclusion, from these very 19
monuments, that the negro races had only been developed in the course of ages within 20
the African tropics and were derived from Egypt. The minds of men are differently 21
constituted, and we here perceive what opposite impressions are made on different 22
minds in visiting the same localities, and in investigating the same subjects.” 23
How, in reprinting this specimen of the style adopted by a
“ Dutch-Reformed” theologer in this country, my only regrets lie in
the unavoidable ' mention of. two world-renowned, and by myself
much-honored, names—Chevaliers B u n s e n and L e p s iu s : at the feet
of whom (like St. Paul “ at the feet of GamalielM I have always
felt proud to sit for instruction,—received, as not a slight portion of
what little I know has been, oftentimes with mine own feet under
their respective mahoganies.
What concerns the reader, however, is the logical deduction,—on
comparing lines 14-15 with line 19 of the above - extract— that
“ Moses” *and “Paul” were “ distinguished naturalists both” !
Nobody, who reads, writes, and ciphers, can be such an ignoramus
as not to know, that Chevaliers Bunsen and Lepsius—occupied in
other equally-elevated branches of human science, such as archæology,
history, philosophy, and linguistics—would disdain (whatever, as
educated gentlemen, they may read about Natural History) to accept
an attribution to themselves severally of any scientific spécialité not
within the circumference of their respective studies. The pages of
this volume will be the first intimation either of these Savans receives
that both of them are suspected to be “ naturalists,”—and that, too,
by a fractious sciolist who actually wrote a book to demonstrate the
Unity of Mankind without having read the first syllable of Pki-
chakd.562 “Potéte frenarvi dalle risa ? 0 miei valenti amici !”
Where did either Chev. Lepsius or Chev. Bunsen ever say, that
“ negro races * * * were derived from Egypt” [?] (supra, lines 20-1).
The last three lines, 21—8, prove how the same writer—utterly destitute
of any Egyptological works—fancies that the great Prussian
Ambassador to Rome and England has visited Egypt. Everybody else
knows that Chevalier Bunsen’s travels never extended beyond Europe.
Finally, the only expression, known to the world, of Chev. Lep-
sius’s impressions, in regard to human monogenism or polygenism
is derived from a casual remark made by him in a friendly letter to
my respected colleague De. J. C, Nott: and by the latter inserted in
our first joint publication, for the very object of not involving the
honored Egyptologist of Berlin in any blame that might accrue to
661 Were it obligatory upon me to digress upon Pauline themes in general, their analysis
would cost no more trouble than reference to an octavo (London, 1818), attributed to the
capacious brain of a great jurist—J eremy B entham— entitled, “ not Paul, but Jesus;” and
published under the pseudonym o f Gamaliel Sm ith , E sq.
662 Types of Mankind, p. liy.