[116] Manual of Political Ethics, (Boston, 1838,) Part I. p. 171.

[117] Plato, Protagoras, § 82, p. 343. Pliny, Nat. Hist., Lib. VII. cap. 32.

[118] “Eunt homines admirari alta montium, et ingentes fluctus maris, et latissimos lapsus fluminum, et Oceani ambitum, et gyros siderum, et relinquunt seipsos.”—Confessiones, Edit. Benedict., Lib. X. Cap. VIII. 15.

[119] Essays, John Bunyan, (New York, 1862,) Vol. VI. p. 132.

[120] Encyclopædia Britannica, (8th edit.,) Vol. VI. pp. 314-16, art. Caste, and the authorities there cited.

[121] Institutes of Hindoo Law, or the Ordinances of Menu, translated by Sir William Jones: Works, (London, 1807,) Vols. VII., VIII. Mill, British India, Book II. ch. 2; also, Art. Caste, Encyclopædia Britannica, (8th edit.,) Vol. VI. Robertson, Ancient India, Note LVIII. [Appendix, Note I.]. Dubois, People of India, Part III. ch. 6.

[122] Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India, etc., (London, 1829,) Vol. III. p. 355.

[123] Mill, Art. Caste, Encyclopædia Britannica, (8th edit.,) Vol. VI. p. 319.

[124] Gurowski, Slavery in History, (New York, 1860,) p. 237.

[125] Genesis, i. 27-28.