42 THE RISE OF MAN. 



viz., in its transition from a primitive existence to a social 

 and more truly human existence, was done under compul- 

 sion and under the penalty of perdition for the unsuccess- 

 ful. The rational being, called man, is probably the sur- 

 vivor only of a great number of man-apes that died out 

 because they were unable to take the step and fulfil the 

 stern demands made on them by circumstances. 



The perfection of mankind, must most presumably 

 be sought in the North, not in the South ; in a place 

 where life is hard, not where life is easy, and we may 

 assume that by some catastrophe, a number of ape-man 

 families were cut off from the sunny regions of the south- 

 ern countries, and had to fight their way in a dreary north- 

 ern climate, where they would unfailingly perish unless 

 they acquired the necessary altruism to help one another, 

 and the indispensable intelligence to protect themselves 

 against the inclemencies of hostile conditions. 



