Georges Pouchet

The Plurality of the Human Race Georges Pouchet

Human Race are necessary as well as advisable. They are especially so wben the Author and Editor differ considerably in their opinions, as in this case; and although it is by no means a sine qua non that they should always agree, there are certain points on which a few Hnes may be required. The Pub Hshing Committee of the Anthropological Society of London honoured me by committing the translation and editing of this book to my care, and I set about the task with some difl dence, as this is probably the first work of the kind which has ever been given to the English hterary world in a convenient and popular form. Such being the case, there will sometimes be found expressions which may be thought foreign; but I have preferred on these occasions giving the more literal translation, instead of one which possibly might fail to convey the Author sreal meaning. In books containing such very peculiar ideas as those of M. Pouchet, it is requisite to be especially careful on this head. Of the clever nature and terse expression of the work there can be Uttle doubt, but I am sorry to find in it opinions with which I cannot at all agree, and in order to prove which, or rather endeavour to do so, science is strained in an unnatural manner. The theory of spontaneous generation is by no means a new one; but M. Pouchet can throw very little light on the subject, and leaves it as before entirely unproved.
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