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Peter Parley's Universal History: On the Basis of Geography
Peter Parley's Universal History On the Basis of Geography Author:Nathaniel Hawthorne, Elizabeth Manning Hawthorne Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: tauts of Asia, and most of the Oceanians, inhabitants of the Pacific Isles, are savages. 6. In some countries the people live in houses partly of stone and mu... more »d. They have few books, no churches or meeting-houses, and worship idols. Such are most of the negroes of Africa, and many tribes in Asia. These are said to be in the barbarous state, and are often called barbarians. Many of their customs are very cruel. 7. In some countries the inhabitants live in tolerable houses, and the rich have fine palaces. The people have many ingenious arts, but the schools are poor, and but a small portion are taught to read and write. The Chinese, tho Hindoos, the Turks, and some other nations of Asia, with some of the inhabitants of Africa and Europe, are in this condition, which may be called a civilized state. 8. In many parts of Europe, and in the United States, the people live in good houses; they have good furniture, many books, good schools, churches, meeting-houses, steamboats, and railroads. These are in the highest state of civilization. 9. Thus, you observe that mankind may be divided into four classes—those who are in the savage state, those who are in the barbarous state, those who are merely civilized, and those who are in the highest state of civilization. The four little pictures at the beginning of this book will make you better understand and remember the subject. Qcestions.—1. What is the whole population of the plobe ? Where "' ' J-mandEve live? 3. What would you observe in travelling throngh different countries? 5. What of people in the savage state? 6. What of people in the barbarous state? 7. What of people in the civilized state ? 8. What of people in the highest state of cirilization? 9. Into what four classes may mankind be divided ? Chap. VI.—Asia. ...« less