Project Gutenberg 2014-06-15 Public domain in the USA. 151 Haycraft, John Berry 1857 1922 Haycraft, John B. (John Berry) 06014593 Darwinism and Race Progress Produced by Charlene Taylor, Marie Bartolo, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Darwinism and Race Progress" by John Berry Haycraft is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The book explores the complex interplay between biological evolution and the concept of race, focusing on how evolutionary principles could be applied to understand racial progress and degeneration. Haycraft's analysis suggests that while individual health and morality can improve through modern civilization, these advancements might not necessarily translate into racial superiority or vitality. The opening of the text provides an introductory analysis of historical racial progress and decline, illustrating how nations have evolved, flourished, and then faded into obscurity. Haycraft discusses various nations, including the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans, to argue that the decay of political organization does not equate to racial deterioration. He emphasizes the permanence of certain racial types, using Scandinavians and Jews as examples, and introduces the idea that societal and political changes often overshadow inherent organic qualities. This foundation sets the stage for a deeper investigation into the laws of racial change and the implications of modern medicine and societal progress on humanity's future. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45992/45992-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 50.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Sociology Evolution HM Text Browsing: Science - Genetics/Biology/Evolution Browsing: Sociology Category: History - Other Category: Science - Biology Category: Archaeology & Anthropology 369094 2025-06-18T15:23:22.611703 text/html 354949 2024-10-24T08:05:01 text/html 275453 2025-06-18T15:23:31.449641 application/epub+zip 276158 2025-06-18T15:23:24.936698 application/epub+zip 187929 2025-06-18T15:23:23.822700 application/epub+zip 433680 2025-06-18T15:23:36.354663 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 390669 2025-06-18T15:23:30.388680 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 266147 2022-09-20T22:00:32.894607 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 287699 2025-06-18T15:23:21.654692 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 267701 2024-10-24T08:05:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16732 2025-06-18T15:23:36.527588 application/rdf+xml 11483 2025-06-18T15:23:23.969690 image/jpeg 1951 2025-06-18T15:23:23.907691 image/jpeg 250273 2025-06-18T15:23:22.655686 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia