52- Where did the physical and moral differences that distinguish the earth’s various races come from?
“From climate, lifestyle and custom. The same would happen if two siblings from the same mother were each raised differently and far apart: they would show no moral resemblance to each other.”
53- Did humankind first appear at various points on the globe?
“Yes, but at different periods, which is another cause of human race diversity. Later, humankind spread throughout the different climactic zones and new types arose in the course of interbreeding between different races“.
– Do these different races imply distinct species?
“Certainly not. All are of the same family. Do the different varieties of the same fruit mean that they do not all belong to the same species”?
54- Since the various human types have not all come from the same ancestor, mightn’t they cease to regard one another as brothers and sisters?
“All are brothers and sisters in God because they are animated by the same spirit and strive towards the same goal. You always want to take words literally.”
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