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Edinburgh Journal, No. 446, by Various
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Title: Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 446 Volume 18, New Series, July 17, 1852
Author: Various
Editor: William Chambers Robert Chambers
Release Date: March 13, 2007 [EBook #20806]
Language: English
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CHAMBERS' EDINBURGH JOURNAL
CONDUCTED BY WILLIAM AND ROBERT CHAMBERS, EDITORS OF 'CHAMBERS'S INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE,' 'CHAMBERS'S EDUCATIONAL COURSE,' &c.
No. 446. NEW SERIES. SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1852. PRICE 1-1/2d.
WOLF-CHILDREN.
It is a pity that the present age is so completely absorbed in materialities, at a time when the facilities are so singularly great for a philosophy which would inquire into the constitution of our moral nature. In the North Pacific, we are in contact with tribes of savages ripening, sensibly to the eye, into civilised communities; and we are able to watch the change as dispassionately as if we were in our studies examining the wonders of the minute creation through a microscope. In America, we have before us a living model, blind, mute, deaf, and without the sense of smell