Article August 25, 1934 Issue

Signs of the Times

with contributions from G. M. Wrong, Jonathan B. Hawk, Theodore G. Soares, Charles E. Jefferson

[Professor G. M. Wrong, as quoted in the Varsity, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada]

Race is a concept having no foundation in fact. It is something physical, linked with a mental accompaniment, and it is subjective. Nationality is a state of feeling on similar lines by a number of people usually related to a particular locality.

All races are descended from a common ancestry. All branches of the human race have a common mentality, and all are capable of the same mental processes under suitable conditions. Thus we have physical and mental unity in all branches. There are no physical qualities of race that can be used with certainty as an index of race. A Canadian child, brought up in a Japanese home, would be Japanese in mentality and outlook. Corsica belongs to France, but the Corsicans are more Italian than the Italians themselves. ...

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