The History of Ethnological Theory
The History of Ethnological Theory
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MORGAN 59 endowments of the two hemispheres" to account for the lack of Old World elements, such as livestock in America. Yet even in the Old World the very same domestic beasts were quite differently utilized by Egyptians, Chinese, and Turks, so that ''equal endowments" may evoke unlike responses.
Occasional qualms were not lacking. "The phrase 'similar conditions of society, ' which has become techni- cal, " he writes, "is at least extremely vague. It is by no means easy to conceive of two pe...oples in disconnected areas, living in conditions precisely similar. ' ' ^ Never- theless, as a rule he adhered to the principle that "the experience of mankind has run in nearly uniform chan- nels. " And, so believing, he freely extrapolated where authentic information was wanting ; although admittedly he had no documentary proof of female descent in Greek and Latin societies, the supposedly universal law that any patrilineal organization necessarily grows out of a matrilineal one made him infer that Hellas and Rome must once have been matrilineal.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
MORGAN 59 endowments of the two hemispheres" to account for the lack of Old World elements, such as livestock in America. Yet even in the Old World the very same domestic beasts were quite differently utilized by Egyptians, Chinese, and Turks, so that ''equal endowments" may evoke unlike responses.
Occasional qualms were not lacking. "The phrase 'similar conditions of society, ' which has become techni- cal, " he writes, "is at least extremely vague. It is by no means easy to conceive of two pe...oples in disconnected areas, living in conditions precisely similar. ' ' ^ Never- theless, as a rule he adhered to the principle that "the experience of mankind has run in nearly uniform chan- nels. " And, so believing, he freely extrapolated where authentic information was wanting ; although admittedly he had no documentary proof of female descent in Greek and Latin societies, the supposedly universal law that any patrilineal organization necessarily grows out of a matrilineal one made him infer that Hellas and Rome must once have been matrilineal.
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