The Passing of the Great Race; Or, the Racial Basis of European History. 4th Rev. Ed. , with a Documentary Supplement, with Prefaces by Henry Fairfield Osborn
註釋 European history has been written in terms ofnationality and of language, but never before interms of race; yet race has played a far larger partthan either language or nationality in mouldingthe destinies of men; race implies heredity andheredity implies all the moral, social andintellectual characteristics and traits which arethe springs of politics and government.Quite independently and unconsciously theauthor, never before a historian, has turned thishistorical sketch into the current of a greatbiological movement, which may be traced backto the teachings of Gal ton and Weismann,beginning in the last third of the nineteenthcentury. This movement has compelled us torecognize the superior force and stability ofheredity, as being more enduring and potentthan environment. This movement is also areaction from the teachings of Hippolyte Taineamong historians and of Herbert Spencer amongbiologists, because it proves that environmentand in the case of man education have animmediate, apparent and temporary influence,while heredity has a deep, subtle andpermanent influence on the actions of men... 