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" p. 6 (Morgan, 2000) Finally, the idea of property was slowly formed in the human mind, remaining nascent and feeble through immense periods of time. Springing into life in savagery, it required the experience of this period and of the subsequent period of barbarism to develop the germ (of civilization) and prepare the human brain for the acceptance of its controlling influence. Its dominance as a passion over all other passions marks the commencement of civilization..." p.6 (Morgan, 2000) Therefore, it is the ownership of property that is the final step into full civilization, and this was what Morgan envisioned for the Iroquois nation. Morgan states that the first and most ancient form of government was "a social organization, founded upon gentes, phriatries and tribes" p. 62 with the second and latest being a "political organization founded upon territory and upon property." p. 62 According to Morgan, the former "belongs to ancient society, and the other to modern." p. 62 (Morgan, 2000)

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Morgan judged individuals according to their education, their ability or capacity for change and as to whether they were capable in the latest technology, in this instance, agricultural technology.

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Had Morgan's vision for the Iroquois become reality much of the rich culture of the Iroquois would have simply been assimilated into civilization. Morgan was however more forward looking as is evidenced in his statement of: "Since the advent of civilization, the outgrowth of property has been so immense, its forms so diversified, its uses so expanding and its management so intelligent in the interests of its owners, that it has become, on the part of the people, an unmanageable power. The time will come, nevertheless, when human intelligence will rise to the mastery over property and define the relations of the state to the property it protects, as well as the obligations and the limits of the rights of its owners. A mere property career is not the final destiny of mankind." p.233 (Holmes, 1907).....

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