Excerpt from The Western Journal and Civilian, Vol. 8: Devoted to Agriculture, Manufactures, Mechanic Arts, Internal Improvement, Commerce, Public Policy, and Polite Literature; April-September, 1852 Even the mental powers of the people, like all things else in this region, have fallen into decay. In harmony with the desola tion that pervades the land, its inhabitants seem to be incapable of conceiving the means of improvement. And hence, no great design calculated to advance or ameliorate their condition can ever be projected or carried out by the present races. And although many elements of civilization yet remain in the land, they have lost their vitality; and we conclude that, like our own continent when discovered by Columbus, Asia can only be redeemed from a state of barbarism by the introduction of a new race. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.