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tive . Of undoubted cases of mixture of the Germanic and Celtic races we may enumerate several . Thus , there is the border population of Cornwall—and yefc , no onevvill class that above the main body of the population : then there is the border population of the Welsh Marches , and that has not distinguished itself : then there is the border population of Gower and Pembrokeshire ; there is the border
population of the Highlands , which has not proved the picked population of Scotland ; there is the mixed population of the Pale in Leinster , and of Ulster , the ipsis Ilibernis B and none of these can be brought forward , in politics ^ in literature , in science , in commerce , or in any other respect , as exhibiting a decided superiority over the rest of the population , or as constituting that part of it which which unequivocally exhibits its characteristics .
It is to the main body of the the Lowlands that we must look as the real English nation . It is among them we find the highest material advancement---it is among theih that . we fi ^ with the addition of those of English race who have been distinguished - ¦ O CD ¦
in Ireland ; for , when we take from Ireland a few Irish names ., the rest are English names , many of those of new Immigrants . Thus , in the defiance of fects , we are to assume that the bulk of the English population is a mixed race , deriving great advantages from the conjunction of Celtic blood . In Europe we find no better evidence to support the theory than in Britain . We do not find that the mixed
Germanic and Celtic population in any part of Belgium exhibit a superiority , nor do we in the north or east of Erance , but rather the unmixed Germanic race which has a superiority over the mixed races . In Spain , we find no evidence of mixture of races affecting the population advantageously , neither do we in Italy , nor in Germany . The Celtic and Euskardian elements in Spain produce no better results mixed than they do alone .
In Europe there is no proof that a mixture of the Germanic and Celtic races produces a race superior to the Germanic ; there is no proof that a mixture ofthe Germanic and Slavonian produces a race superior ; there is no proof in the west or in the east , that a mixed race is superior to the unmixed races .
We cannot find , anywhere in Britain , that a mixture of the Germanic and Celtic races will constitute an English population or anything like it . We do find that the races most akin to the English , as the Hollanders , the Frizians , and the Norse , are pure Germanic , unmixed with Celtic blood .
The ethnological prescription for producing an Englishman , or a man equivalent to an Englishman , would excite the greatest wonder in Germany or Erance , or indeed any country of the world , because no collateral evidence could be found to support it . Travelling out of Europe , we are enabled to witness the effects of a cross between the English' tfacti arid sonle others , In North America 2 n 2
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Anglo-Saxon History Illustrated By Topog...
tive . Of undoubted cases of mixture of the Germanic and Celtic races we may enumerate several . Thus , there is the border population of Cornwall—and yefc , no onevvill class that above the main body of the population : then there is the border population of the Welsh Marches , and that has not distinguished itself : then there is the border population of Gower and Pembrokeshire ; there is the border
population of the Highlands , which has not proved the picked population of Scotland ; there is the mixed population of the Pale in Leinster , and of Ulster , the ipsis Ilibernis B and none of these can be brought forward , in politics ^ in literature , in science , in commerce , or in any other respect , as exhibiting a decided superiority over the rest of the population , or as constituting that part of it which which unequivocally exhibits its characteristics .
It is to the main body of the the Lowlands that we must look as the real English nation . It is among them we find the highest material advancement---it is among theih that . we fi ^ with the addition of those of English race who have been distinguished - ¦ O CD ¦
in Ireland ; for , when we take from Ireland a few Irish names ., the rest are English names , many of those of new Immigrants . Thus , in the defiance of fects , we are to assume that the bulk of the English population is a mixed race , deriving great advantages from the conjunction of Celtic blood . In Europe we find no better evidence to support the theory than in Britain . We do not find that the mixed
Germanic and Celtic population in any part of Belgium exhibit a superiority , nor do we in the north or east of Erance , but rather the unmixed Germanic race which has a superiority over the mixed races . In Spain , we find no evidence of mixture of races affecting the population advantageously , neither do we in Italy , nor in Germany . The Celtic and Euskardian elements in Spain produce no better results mixed than they do alone .
In Europe there is no proof that a mixture of the Germanic and Celtic races produces a race superior to the Germanic ; there is no proof that a mixture ofthe Germanic and Slavonian produces a race superior ; there is no proof in the west or in the east , that a mixed race is superior to the unmixed races .
We cannot find , anywhere in Britain , that a mixture of the Germanic and Celtic races will constitute an English population or anything like it . We do find that the races most akin to the English , as the Hollanders , the Frizians , and the Norse , are pure Germanic , unmixed with Celtic blood .
The ethnological prescription for producing an Englishman , or a man equivalent to an Englishman , would excite the greatest wonder in Germany or Erance , or indeed any country of the world , because no collateral evidence could be found to support it . Travelling out of Europe , we are enabled to witness the effects of a cross between the English' tfacti arid sonle others , In North America 2 n 2