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THE
MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL
DIVERSITY OF RACES,
WITH
PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THEIR RESPECTIVE INFLUENCE
IN THE CIVIL AND POLITICAL HISTORY OF MANKIND.
FROM THE
FRENCH OF COUNT A. DE GOBINEAU:
WITH AN
ANALYTICAL INTRODUCTION AND COPIOUS HISTORICAL NOTES.
By H. HOTZ.
TO WHICH IS ADDED AN APPENDIX CONTAINING A SUMMARY
OF THE LATEST SCIENTIFIC FACTS BEARING UPON THE
QUESTION OF UNITY OR PLURALITY OF SPECIES.
By J. C. NOTT, M. D.,
OF MOBILE.
PHILADELPHIA:
J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.
1856.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by
J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.,
in the Office of the Clerk of the District Court of the United
States in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
This Work,
THE FIRST ON THE RACES OF MEN CONTEMPLATED FROM THE
POINT OF VIEW OF THE STATESMAN AND HISTORIAN
RATHER THAN THE NATURALIST,
IS
RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED
BY THE
AMERICAN EDITOR.
It has been truly observed that a good bookseldom requires, and a bad one never deserves, along preface. When a foreign book, however, isobtruded on the notice of the public, it is but justthat the reasons for so doing should be explained;and, in the present case, this is the more necessary,as the title of the work might lead many to believethat it was intended to re-agitate