There is no fundamental difference in the ways of thinking of primitive and civilized man. A close connection between race and personality has never been established.
Franz BoasIf we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present.
Franz BoasIt is our task to inquire into the causes that have brought about the observed differentiation, and to investigate the sequence of events that have led to the establishment of the multifarious forms of human life
Franz Boas