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He regarded the theory that education could modify race as particulary ludicrous: A Negro or a japanese may easily take a university degree or become a lawyer; the sort of varnish he thus acquires is however quite superficial, and has no influence on his mental constitution. What no education can give him, because they are created by heredity alone are the forms of thought, the logic, and above all the character of Western man. 18 Charles Letourneau, who was also sceptical about the evolution of inferior races, based his pessimism in La Psychologie ethnique on the 'fact' that black Africans primarily exhibited the traits found among children in the more developed races.
115. Translation is mine. Delavignette, p. , p. 51. , pp. 16, 18, 20. , p. , p. 37· Rene Maunier, The Sociology of Colonies: An Introduction to the Study of Race Contact, ed. and trans. by E. 0. Lorimer, vols. , 1949; first published, 1932-42) pp. 82-3. , pp. 82-3. , p. 418. William B. , 1971) pp. 188----92· The older men in his sample tended to ascribe the independence drive to 'outside international forces', while younger ones attributed it to nationalistic ones within the colonies. General Paul Azan, L'Empirefra111jais (Paris: Flammarion, Editeur, 1943) p.
As a consequence of this righteous but difficult decision, Southon awards the couple his highest compliment: And the gods, who ever love those who tread the way of duty, looked down on these two white-souled children of a savage land, and smiled. (p. 6o; emphasis mine). The second moral test comes later on when Feribo's father, angered by Makindi's conversion to Christianity, forces him to choose between the white man's religion and his daughter. Greatly tempted by the offer, Makindi decides against his heart in favour of his soul.
