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...known scientistswere convinced that there was, in fact, no unityin the human race. The differences between people(Black, white and Indian being the maindistinctions drawn by scientists at the time) weretoo great to encompass the same species, theytheorized. A Scottish judge and "dabbler inmetaphysics," Lord Kames (1696-1782), had remarkedthat the differences between races could hardly beaccounted for by environment. He held that whites,Blacks, and Indians were inherently differentspecies. Had he not 'known' that God created onlyone single pair of the human species, he mighthave believed that "God created many pairs of thehuman race, differing from each other bothexternally...

Author: By Kathrine A. Meyers, | Title: HARVARD'S LITTLE MERMAID: A MODERN-DAY ODYSSEY | 5/10/1995 | See Source »

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