> >The European race has received from Providence, or has acquired by its own efforts, so incontestable a superiority over all the other races which compose the

> >The European race has received from Providence, or has acquired by its own efforts, so incontestable a superiority over all the other races which compose the great human family, that the individual, placed with us, by his vices and his ignorance, on the lowest step of society, is yet the first among savages. From a political power perspective he’s correct though. Especially in 1830. I didn’t real this as biologically superior so much as “Europe is so great, it’s greater than everywhere else.” And at the time, wasn’t that true? Were there any major world players at the time? This was at the peak of industrialization that was having Europe eclipse historical powers like China and India. And this would all change around in the 20th century (and 21st obviously). I think the word race was used very differently at the time and means more like peoples or nations.