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1、AncientSocietyORResearchesintheLinesofHumanProgressfromSavagerythroughBarbarismtoCivilizationBYLEWISH.MORGAN,LL.D.MemberoftheNationalAcademyofSciences,Authorof"TheLeagueoftheIroquois","TheAmericanBeaverandMsWorks","SystemsofConsanguinityandAffinityoftheHumanFamily",Etc.
2、*CHICAGOCHARLESH.KERR&COMPANYCO-OPERATIVECumprorepseruntprimisanimaliaterris,Mutumetturpepecus,glandematquecublliapropterUn&uibusetpugnis,delnfustlbua,atqueitaporroPugnabantarmis,quaepostfabricaveratusus:Doneeverba,quibusvocessensusquenotarent,Nominaqueinvenere:dehlncab
3、sisterebello,Oppidacoeperuntmunire,etponereleges,Nequisfuresset,neulatro,neuquisadulter.(Assoonasanimalscreptforthonthefirstlands,aspeech-lessanddegradedcrowd,theybattledfortheacornandfortheirlairswithclawsandfists,thenwithclubsandatlengthwitharms,whichafterwardspractic
4、ehadmade;untiltheylearnedtousewordsbywhichtoindicatevocalsoundsandthoughtsandtousenames.Afterthattheybegantorefrainfromwar,andfortifywalledtowns,andtolaydownlawsthatnooneshouldbeathief,norarobbernoranadulterer.)—Horace,Sat..I,lit,99."Modernscienceclaimstobeproving,bythe
5、mostcarefulandexhaustivestudyofmanandhisworks,thatourracebeganitsexistenceonearthatthebottomofthescale,insteadofatthetop,andhasbeengraduallyworkingupward;thathumanpowershavehadahistoryofdevelopment;thatalltheele-mentsofculture—astheartsoflife,art,science,language,re-lig
6、ion,philosophy—havebeenwroughtoutbyslowandpainfulefforts,intlieconflictbetweenthesoulandthemindofmanontheonehand,andexternalntureontheother."—Whitney's"OrientalandLinguisticStudies,"p.341."Thesecommunitiesreflectthespiritualconductofouran-cestorsthousandsoftimesremoved.
7、Wehavepassedthroughthesamestagesofdevelopment,physicalandmoral,andarewhatweareto-daybecausetheylived,toiled,andendeavored.OurwondrouscivilizationIstheresultofthesilenteffortsofmillionsofunknownmen,asthechalkcliffsofEnglandare/ormedofthecontributionsofmyriadsofforaminife
8、ra."—Dr.J.Kaines,"Anthropologia,"vol.1,No.2,p.233.PREFACEThegreatantiquityofmankindupontheearthhasbeenconclusi
