 Comparing them by their faculties of memory, reason, and imagination, it appears to me, that in memory they are equal to the whites; in reason much inferior, as I think one could scarcely be found capable of tracing and comprehending the investigations...  Natural History of the Negro Race - Page 31by Julien-Joseph Virey - 1837 - 162 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1788 - 714 pages
...that in memory they are cnur.I to the Whites; in reafon much inferior, as I think one could fcarcely be found capable of tracing and comprehending the...of Euclid ; and that in imagination they are dull, taftelefs, and anomalous. It would be unfair to follow them to Africa for this investigation. We will... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1801 - 402 pages
...and comprehending the inveftigations of Euclid ; and that ia imagination they are dull, taftelefs, and anomalous. It would be unfair to follow them to Africa for this. inveftigation. We will confider them here on the fame " •« I fame ftage with the whites, and where... | |
 | Samuel Stanhope Smith - 1810 - 420 pages
...inferior, and that, in imagination, they are dull, tasteless, and anomalous. It would be unfair, he adds, to follow them to Africa for this investigation. We...consider them. here on the same stage with the whites. But it will be right to make great allowances for the difference of condition, of education, of conversation,... | |
 | Samuel Stanhope Smith - 1810 - 446 pages
...imagination, it appears to me that in memory they are equal to the whites, in reason much inferior, and that, in imagination, they are dull, tasteless, and anomalous. It would be unfair, he adds, to follow them to Africa for this investigation. We will consider them here on the same stage... | |
 | 1787 - 564 pages
...fays Mr. Jeflerfon, " th.it in memory they are equal to the whites ; in reafon much inferior, as, / think, one could Scarcely be found capable of tracing and comprehending the in• Good Go,] ! Mr. Jefferfon, whither does this argument carry you '— If every were thus to be... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - 1868 - 1042 pages
...imagination, it appears to me that in memory they are equal to the whites ; in reason much inferior, as I think one could scarcely be found capable of tracing...; and that in imagination they are dull, tasteless aud anomalous. It would be unfair to follow them to Africa for this investigation. We will consider... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - 1868 - 1082 pages
...imagination, it appears to me that in memory they are equal to the whites ; in reason much inferior, as I think one could scarcely be found capable of tracing and comprehending the investigations of Knrliu : and that in imagination they are dull, tasteless and anomalous. It would be unfair to follow... | |
 | William Frederick Poole - 1873 - 110 pages
...imagination, it appears to me that in memory they are equal to the whites ; in reason much inferior, as I think one could scarcely be found capable of tracing and comprehending the investigations of Euclid" — p. 232. He doubtingly adds : "The opinion that they are inferior in the faculties of reason and... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1905 - 360 pages
...imagination, it appears to me that in memory they are equal to the whites ; in re&son much inferior, as I think one could scarcely be found capable of tracing...imagination they are dull, tasteless, and anomalous. . . . Never yet could I find that a black had uttered a thought above the level of plain narration;... | |
 | William Henry Ferris - 1913 - 516 pages
...and a friend of the Negro race, who was not so dogmatic as Calhoun, said : — "I think one (Negro) could scarcely be found capable of tracing and comprehending...imagination they are dull, tasteless and anomalous. . . . Never yet could I find that a black had uttered a thought above the level of plain narration... | |
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