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" Intellectually, he appears to have been in nearly the lowest stage to which an intelligent being can sink; morally, he was the slave of a superstition, the grovelling character of which will be traced in reviewing his sepulchral rites ; physically, he... "
The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist - Page 41
1851
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The Calcutta Review, Volume 26

India - 1856 - 628 pages
...the primitiveraces of mankind." — Again — " Intellectually, he" (the primeval Celt of Britain) " appears to have been in nearly the lowest stage to...proportion to his body, his hands, and probably his feet" (not a certain physiological sequence) " also small ; while the weapons with which he provided himself...
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The Journal of Sacred Literature, Volume 9

John Kitto - Bible - 1859 - 474 pages
...but civilized. The following passage is from his Archaeology, or Prehistoric Annals of Scotland:—" Intellectually he appears to have been in nearly the...physically he differed little in stature from the modern inhabitants of the same soil, but his cerebral development was poor, his head small in proportion to...
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Prehistoric Annals of Scotland, Volume 1

Sir Daniel Wilson - Classical antiquities - 1863 - 570 pages
...we must refer the origin of some of the wastes that supply, as will be seen in subsequent chapters, an important element in the elucidation of primitive...intelligent being can sink. Morally, he was the slave of superstitions, the grovelling character of which can be partially inferred from the indications of...
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The Anthropological Review, Volume 3; Volume 8

Anthropological Society of London - Anthropology - 1865 - 714 pages
...herbivorous animals, and little likely to hold in dread the armed savage who intruded on their lair. . . Upon this singular arena archaeology informs us that...intelligent being can sink. Morally, he was the slave of superstitions. . . . Physically, he differed little in stature from the modern inheritors of the same...
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The Anthropological Review, Volume 3

Anthropology - 1865 - 712 pages
...unprovided with any of those appliances with which the arts of civilisation arm man against such obstacle?. Intellectually, he appears to have been in nearly the lowest stage to which an intelligent bting can sink. Morally, he was the slave of superstitions. . . . Physically, he differed little in...
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The Irreconcilable Records: Or, Genesis and Geology

William Denton - Bible and geology - 1871 - 82 pages
...the " primeval Briton," Daniel Wilson, professor of history in University College, Toronto, says, " Intellectually, he appears to have been in nearly...intelligent being can sink. Morally, he was the slave of superstitions, the grovelling character of which can be partially inferred from the indications of...
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Irreconcilable Records: Or, Genesis & Geology

William Denton - Bible and geology - 1872 - 94 pages
...the " primeval Briton," Daniel Wilson, professor of history in University College, Toronto, says, " Intellectually, he appears to have been in nearly...intelligent being can sink. Morally, he was the slave of superstitious, the grovelling character of which can be partially inferred from the indications of...
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Is Darwin Right?: Or, The Origin of Man

William Denton - Human beings - 1881 - 200 pages
...Professor Wilson says of the ancient man of Britain, or, as he calls him, " the primeval Briton : " " Intellectually he appears to have been in nearly the...intelligent being can sink ; morally he was the slave of superstitions, the grovelling character of which can be partially inferred from the indications of...
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