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Already the brain of the civilised man is larger by nearly thirty percent, than the brain of the savage.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “Already the brain of the civilised man is larger by nearly thirty percent, than the brain of the savage.”
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Bagehot notes a significant difference in brain size between civilized individuals and those he refers to as savages.
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