Excerpt from The Bulletin of the Western Theological Seminary, Vol. 1 of 3: October, 1910 t he generous provision which nature has made for these people Of tropical Africa accounts for many of their habits Of life. Are they indolent? Nature has made indo lence possible and even convenient for them. Are they improvident? Why should they lay by for the morrow Which has always so generously taken care of itself! His word for clothing means adornment, and only with the coming Of the White man has it taken on our idea Of cloth ing. Here again nature is responsible, having given him a dark skin that answers well his purpose for a covering. Dress to him is a luxury not a necessity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.