Quotes by Arthur Keith

A man of science is responsible for the accuracy of his observations and of his inferences, not for the results which may follow therefrom. (Arthur Keith)

Before the discovery of agriculture mankind was everywhere so divided, the size of each group being determined by the natural fertility of its locality. (Arthur Keith)

Christianity has not conquered nationalism; the opposite has been the case nationalism has made Christianity its footstool. (Arthur Keith)

Civilization never stands still; if in one country it is falling back, in another it is changing, evolving, becoming more complicated, bringing fresh experience to body and mind, breeding new desires, and exploiting Nature's cupboard for their satisfaction. (Arthur Keith)

Civilization never stands still; if in one country it is falling back, in another it is changing, evolving, becoming more complicated, bringing fresh experience to body and mind, breeding new desires, and exploiting Natures cupboard for their satisfaction. (Arthur Keith)

Civilization seeks to suppress all those primitive instincts in man which formed the main part of the machinery of his evolution in earlier times. (Arthur Keith)

Force and fear are the driving power behind this regional kind of Universalism. Love and brotherhood have had no part in its spread. (Arthur Keith)

Human nature, as manifested in tribalism and nationalism, provides the momentum of the machinery of human evolution. (Arthur Keith)

I am a rank individualist. (Arthur Keith)

I prize the conditions under which I have lived because they have permitted me to choose my opportunities, to inquire into such matters as interested me, and to publish what I believed to be true, uncontrolled by any central authority. (Arthur Keith)