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The Kelt or Gael. 13
haired children. These variations in colour
among European Aryans, where greatest, are due
to climatic effects, but are nowhere sufficient to
create a racial difference. Professor Virchow
finds that eleven per cent, of the Swiss, nineteen
per cent, of the Austrians, and thirty-one per
cent, of the rest of the Germans only, are fair ;
and Dr Beddoe says a brunette has ten chances
of getting married in England to a blonde's nine
chances, because the men persist in selecting the
dark-haired women for wives.
haired children. These variations in colour
among European Aryans, where greatest, are due
to climatic effects, but are nowhere sufficient to
create a racial difference. Professor Virchow
finds that eleven per cent, of the Swiss, nineteen
per cent, of the Austrians, and thirty-one per
cent, of the rest of the Germans only, are fair ;
and Dr Beddoe says a brunette has ten chances
of getting married in England to a blonde's nine
chances, because the men persist in selecting the
dark-haired women for wives.
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Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/75786871 |
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Description | His ethnography, geography and philology. |
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Shelfmark | Blair.17 |
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Description | A selection of books from a collection of more than 500 titles, mostly on religious and literary topics. Also includes some material dealing with other Celtic languages and societies. Collection created towards the end of the 19th century by Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray. |
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Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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