He is a living example of the incorrectness of Buckles theory that if you catch a Hottentot young enough to put him through a process of education you may make out of him a European. Mr. President. I can not see how the AngloSaxon or the Caucasian has any right to obtrude a despotic sway over the Asiatic or the Malay. No more could I see how some great mogul of Asiacould extend. as they attempted to do in the middle ages. a despotic sway over the Caucasian. Life. says Emerson. has its scale of degrees. but it is difficult to determine any degree that is positive.
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Generalizing about the ability to educate a Hottentot to become a European.