Tribal life comes automatically to an end when a primitive people begins to live in a town or a city, for sooner or later a tribal organization is found to be incompatible with life in a city. Arthur Keith automaticallybegincity Change image and share on social
There are very few men and women in whom a Universalist feeling is altogether lacking; its prevalence suggests that it must be part of our inborn nature and have a place in Nature's scheme of evolution. Arthur Keith altogetherevolutionfelt share on social
It is just because civilization is ever evolving, changing, and becoming more complicated, that experts find it so difficult to define it in explicit terms. Arthur Keith changecivilizationcomplicate Change image and share on social
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 authoritybelievecentral share on social
There are the further difficulties of building a population out of a diversity of races, each at a different stage of cultural evolution, some in need of restraint, many in need of protection; everywhere a bewildering Babel of tongues. Arthur Keith babelbewilderbuild share on social
The discovery of agriculture was the first big step toward a civilized life. Arthur Keith agriculturebigcivilize Change image and share on social
Christianity has not conquered nationalism; the opposite has been the case nationalism has made Christianity its footstool. Arthur Keith casechristianityconquer Change image and share on social