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" 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... "
The Journal of Negro History - Page 61
edited by - 1917
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 78

Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 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...
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Notes on the State of Virginia

Thomas Jefferson - Virginia - 1801 - 402 pages
...difpofed to fleep of courfe. Comparing them by their faculties of memory, reafon, and imagination, īt appears to me that in memory they are equal to the whites ; in reafon much inferior, as I think one Could fcarcely be found capable of tracing and comprehending the...
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Notes on the State of Virginia: With an Appendix Relative to the Murder of ...

Thomas Jefferson - Indians of North America - 1803 - 388 pages
...labor. An animal whose body is at rest, and who does not refiec.\, must be disposed tb sleep of course. Comparing them by their faculties of memory, reason,...whites ; in reason much inferior, as I think one could scarely be found capable of tracing and comprehending the investigations of Euclid; and that in imagination...
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An Essay on the Causes of the Variety of Complexion and Figure in the Human ...

Samuel Stanhope Smith - Anthropology - 1810 - 446 pages
...the authority of Mr. Jefferson, in his notes on Virginia. t "Comparing them [the negroes] says he, by their faculties of memory, reason, and imagination,...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...
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The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 12

English literature - 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...
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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Inaugural addresses and messages. Replies ...

Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1854 - 634 pages
...An animal whose body is at rest, and whoi does not re^ \flect, must be disposed to sleep of course. 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...
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Proceedings and Debates of the Constitutional Convention of the ..., Volume 1

New York (State). Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1868 - 1042 pages
...differences physically, but that does not belong immediately to this question and then proceeds : " Comparing them by their faculties of memory reason...; 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...
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Proceedings and Debates of the Constitutional Convention of the ..., Volume 1

New York (State). Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1868 - 1082 pages
...differences physically, but that does not belong immediately to this question and then proceeds : " Comparing them by their faculties of memory reason...of tracing and comprehending the investigations of Knrliu : and that in imagination they are dull, tasteless and anomalous. It would be unfair to follow...
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Anti-slavery Opinions Before the Year 1800: Read Before the Cincinnati ...

William Frederick Poole - History - 1873 - 110 pages
...this all was in doubt. He regarded it as highly probable that they could do nothing more. He says : cc Comparing them by their faculties of memory, reason,...tracing and comprehending the investigations of Euclid" — p. 232. He doubtingly adds : "The opinion that they are inferior in the faculties of reason and...
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Letters and Addresses of Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson - Statesmen - 1905 - 360 pages
...labor. An animal whose body is at rest, and who does not reflect must be disposed to sleep of course. Comparing them by their faculties of memory, reason,...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 and comprehending the...
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