 | Thomas Jefferson - Virginia - 1801 - 402 pages
...difpofed to fleep of courfe. Comparing them by their faculties of memory, reafon, and imagination, īt appears to me that in memory they are equal to the whites ; in reafon much inferior, as I think one Could fcarcely be found capable of tracing and comprehending the... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - Indians of North America - 1803 - 388 pages
...labor. An animal whose body is at rest, and who does not refiec.\, must be disposed tb sleep of course. Comparing them by their faculties of memory, reason,...whites ; in reason much inferior, as I think one could scarely be found capable of tracing and comprehending the investigations of Euclid; and that in imagination... | |
 | Samuel Stanhope Smith - Anthropology - 1810 - 446 pages
...the authority of Mr. Jefferson, in his notes on Virginia. t "Comparing them [the negroes] says he, by their faculties of memory, reason, and imagination,...are equal to the whites, in reason much inferior, and that, in imagination, they are dull, tasteless, and anomalous. It would be unfair, he adds, to... | |
 | English literature - 1787 - 564 pages
...fays Mr. Jeflerfon, " th.it in memory they are equal to the whites ; in reafon much inferior, as, / think, one could Scarcely be found capable of tracing and comprehending the in• Good Go,] ! Mr. Jefferfon, whither does this argument carry you '— If every were thus to be... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - History - 1832 - 296 pages
...labour. An animal whose body is at rest, and who does not reflect, must be disposed to sleep of course. Comparing them by their faculties of memory, reason,...tracing and comprehending the investigations of Euclid ; and that in imagination they are dull, tasteless, and anomalous. It would be unfair to follow them... | |
 | Julien-Joseph Virey - African Americans - 1837 - 202 pages
...imagination, it appears to me, that iti memory they are equal to the \vhites ; in reason much inferior, as 1 think one could scarcely be found capable of tracing and comprehending the investigations of Euclid; and that in imagination, they are dull, tasteless, and anomalous. It would be unfair to follow them... | |
 | John Campbell - African Americans - 1851 - 566 pages
...labor. An animal whose body is at rest, and who does not reflect, must be disposed to sleep of course. Comparing them by their faculties of memory, reason,...tracing and comprehending the investigations of Euclid ; and that in imagination they are dull, tasteless, and anomalous. It would be unfair to follow them... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1854 - 628 pages
...labor. An animal whose body is at rest, and who does not reflect, must be disposed to sleep of course. Comparing them by their faculties of memory, reason,...tracing and comprehending the investigations of Euclid ; and that in imagination they are dull, tasteless, and anomalous. It would be unfair to follow them... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1854 - 634 pages
...An animal whose body is at rest, and whoi does not re^ \flect, must be disposed to sleep of course. Comparing them • \ by their faculties of memory, reason, and imagination, it appears _' to me that in memory they are equal to the whites; in reason much inferior, as I think one could... | |
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - African Americans - 1867 - 492 pages
...labor. An animal whose body is at rest, and who does not reflect, must be disposed to sleep of course. Comparing them by their faculties of memory, reason,...tracing and comprehending the investigations of Euclid ; and that in imagination they are dull, tasteless, and anomalous. It would be unfair to follow them... | |
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Comparing them by their faculties of memory, reason, and imagination, it appears to me that in memory they are equal to the whites; in reason much inferior, as I think one could scarcely be found capable of tracing and comprehending the investigations... 
