...National Character": There never was a civilized nation of any other complexion than white, nor even any individual eminent either in action or speculation....ingenious manufactures amongst them, no arts, no sciences. . . . Such a uniform and constant difference could not happen if nature had not made an original distinction...

...inferior to the Whites. There scarcely ever was a civilized nation of that complexion, nor even any individual, eminent either in action or speculation....have still something eminent about them, in their valour, form of government, or some other particular. Such a uniform and constant difference could...

...to the whites. There never was a civilized nation of any other complexion than white, nor even any individual eminent either in action or speculation....have still something eminent about them, in their valour, form of government, or some other particular. Such a uniform and constant difference could...

...capacity": [Hume wrote:] There never was a civilized nation of any other complexion than white, nor even any individual eminent either in action or speculation....manufactures amongst them, no arts, no sciences... . Such a uniform and constant difference could not happen, in so many countries and ages, if nature...

...inferior to the whites. There scarcely ever was a civilized nation of that complexion, nor even any individual eminent either in action or speculation....manufactures amongst them, no arts, no sciences” (Hume, ONC, 252n). 9. The following selections are from Oelschlaeger, Postmodem Environmental Ethics,...

...to the whites. There never was a civilized nation of any other complexion than white, nor even any individual eminent either in action or speculation....TARTARS, have still something eminent about them. (Essays: Moral Political, and Literary, 1:252 n) See also James Beattie's 1770 response to Hume, in...

...to the whites. There never was a civilized nation of any other complexion than white, nor even any individual eminent either in action or speculation....TARTARS, have still something eminent about them. (Essays: Moral Political, and Literary, 1:252 n) See also James Beattie's 1770 response to Hume, in...

...to the whites. There never was a civilized nation of any other complexion than white, nor even any individual eminent either in action or speculation....barbarous of the whites, such as the ancient GERMANS ¿!j, the present TARTARS. have still something eminent about them. (Essays: Moral. Pofltical. and...

...to the whites. There never was a civilized nation of any other complexion than white, nor even any individual eminent either in action or speculation....manufactures amongst them, no arts, no sciences.” 15 This claim contrasts all the nonwhite populations to the ancient Germans and to the present-day...

...to the whites. There never was a civilized nation of any other complexion than white, nor even any individual eminent either in action or speculation....manufactures amongst them, no arts, no sciences.” 5 This claim contrasts all the nonwhite populations to the ancient Germans and to the present-day Tartars...