Anglo-American Supremacy.
■_."■■ Man is an animal, -and Darwin" has shownthat riot-only is he closelyakin to otter animals; but that the laws which cqntrol;ilie deyelopmenti of. the lower animals;also control th¥ development of man;-: He has-'also shown that crossed of animals" ■ are larger and; stronger;. than -either parent. :"\Vhen we' examine into theT origin of the Englishjpeople, we; find' the: ancient Britons 'fighting and mingling1.-with the-HRbm'ans, and' subsequently with the/rPicts,- ■••So6ts i ? Danes, Saxons, and Normans. For moire than a thousand, years these" various breeds of- ; men ■ have crossed and re-crpssed, until they have been mouldedirito that.'hipmpgeneous mass i that; we know as Englishmen; Turning tb ; the United^: States, we; find the foundation of ainew nation laid by the sturdiest, and-most enterprise 'ing.; of" these .'i sanie';.;; Englishmen! They landed on-Vthe. distant: shbre/ .conquered the.wilderness, organised, a; new g6verriment:clpsely akin to th¥ old, and.: invited-IHeV people of all the.world t6;joiii.them. The Slavs,. -.th'e;.6ermimßi'anjl-thV;;Laiins:mingledi ; together, and in a few- lyear.s: became ;neo-Anglb-Saxons v or ;ivha't>may^ bei ■morepr6perly4ermed : .:Anglo-AmeKi:j cans.-;-The • eyolutiori;;going) on '-. in" > the United States ;is.. also 'going;■ bn: in: Canadaj '' in; 'SoutF Africa,' Jin: Australia,,in;New •: Zealand;, Tandem: :other,smaUer,places;scatte;redaroun^ ■the >qrld; ;; There sis;? thus" being formed; on a;gigantic-;scalev; &'^hew: ;race of meri,;b'nilt-spn;;'the; strongbst 5 lines oi whicH if'is to construct hviman^gngs.^The different :sections' ofvthis :";nßw, race: have;■ 'a" cpmmbri;. language; rlandf iiterature> the same laws; and'oustoms, and the ■trend of'ihdustrißircralisatioh^ gives tiem identical political; interests^ 'Ehgineenng^Magazine^vKv;-;-'. "^'; '■■■
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7091, 27 August 1901, Page 4
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234Anglo-American Supremacy. Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7091, 27 August 1901, Page 4
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