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The "Scandinavian Explorer," Du Chaillu, visits Kentucky—A cordial reception 1
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British Association Meeting at Newcastle, 1889—A sensational paper—Industrial activity of Modern Northumbria—A notable group of savants 10
III
Revelations of ancient records bearing upon the origin of the English race 20
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Characteristic traits of the early Normans—Transmission of racial qualities—Mid-century Kentuckians 27
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Doctor Craik's views—English more Scandinavian than German—George P. Marsh—Editorial comment on the "sensational paper" 34
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Scandinavians and Kentuckians—Characteristic traits in common—Their passion for the "Horse"—Doncaster races—"Cabullus" in Normandy—Crusading "Cavaliers"—The "Man-on-Horseback"—His "effigies" on English seals—The production of cavaliers—The grasses 42
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A French savant on English types—Weismann's "theory"—"Snorro Sturleson" quoted by Lord Lytton—The "homicidal humor" not invented by Kentuckians, but possibly inherited—Andrew D. White quoted 51
VIII
John Fiske—Ethnic differentiation—the Hindoo and the Kentuckian—Aryan brothers—A broad historic "highway" from the Baltic Sea to the Bluegrass—Streams of Scandinavian migration—"The Virginian States"—Anglo-Norman "lawlessness"—Degenerate castes or breeds—"Political assassination" as practiced by Norman and Saxon—"The homicidal humor not an invention of Kentucky" (Shaler); Not invented, but derived—Andrew D. White on the American murder record 58
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Peculiar Norman traits—Craft—Profanity—A "swearing" race—Historic oaths—Kentuckians full of strange oaths 63
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William, the Norman; Napoleon, the Corsican; great administrators—The conditions of English civilization—American statesmen 76
XI
Early Virginian history—Researches of Doctor Alexander Brown—Kentucky a direct product of Elizabethan civilization—The "Vikings of the West"—Professor Barrett Wendell's views 83
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The Norman as a colonizer—As a devastator—Revival of Northumbria by modern industrialism—The power of Scandinavian energy in pushing the victories of peace—English Unity established on Salisbury Plain—The Scandinavian in literature—Shakespeare and his Historical Plays—Psychological contrasts of modern Scandinavian races—Shakespeare's favorite author—Evolution of the "Melancholy Dane"—Advice from a thoughtful Frenchman: "Let us not disown the fortune and condition of our ancestors" 90
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A body of Anglo-Norman names in Kentucky—Concurrent testimony of many coinciding facts—The Race "lost," but not the Names—Ethnical transmutations—The Normans everywhere at home—Disraeli on descent—His theory of transmuted traits—HÆckel—The jungle of Bohun—Berwick and Gaston Phoebus—"Isaac le Bon"—Bismarck—Napoleon—Mid-century "claims of race"—Kentucky a sovereign Commonwealth—Shelby and Perry 101
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The Gothic migration—Scandinavian pirates—Their foot-prints on English soil—Normans hotly received by their kindred, the Danes—Old Gothic wars—"The Yenghees and the Dixees"—Westward march of the Teuton and the Goth—Genesis of the Scandinavian—Cradle of the race—Rolf Ganger a potential force—Reconstruction of the modern world—William of Normandy 108
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Stragglers in the Gothic migration—Jutes, Angles, Saxons—The two great races; Teutons and Scandinavians—"Mixed races" planted on the southern shores of the North Sea 114
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Authentic lists of old Norman names—Descendants of illustrious families—The Norman capacity for leadership not "lost"—Alphabetical series of names (from "The Norman People"); English names originally Norman—Familiar as household words in Kentucky—A legal maxim—Elements of the English race—Preponderance of Scandinavian blood—Stevenson and Disraeli—Lord Lytton—Maltebrun—Scandinavian characteristics—Physique—Social traits—Passion for "strong liquor"—Hospitality 117
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Captain Shaler quoted—Measurements of American soldiers by the mathematician Gould—Superior physical vigor of the "rebel exiles"—General Humphrey Marshall—His aide Captain Guerrant—General William Nelson—"The Orphan Brigade"—Hereditary surnames as memorial

THE QUEST FOR A LOST RACE
BY
THOMAS E. PICKETT, M. D.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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