Four different modes of life enumerated.--Northern and southern climes.--Animal food in arctic regions.--Tropical regions.--Appetite changes with climate.--First steps toward civilization.--Interior of Asia.--Pastoral habits of the people.--Picture of pastoral life.--Large families accumulated.--Rise of patriarchal governments.--Origin of the towns.--Great chieftains.--Genghis Khan. There are four several methods by which the various communities into which the human race is divided obtain their subsistence from the productions of the earth, each of which leads to its own peculiar system of social organization, distinct in its leading characteristics from those of all the rest. Each tends to…
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