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tions between Man and the rest of the living 

 world, and between the forces exerted by the lat- 

 ter and all other forces, I can see no excuse for 

 doubting that all are co-ordinated terms of 

 Nature's great progression, from the formless 

 to the formed — from the inorganic to the or- 

 ganic — from blind force to conscious intellect and 

 will. 



Science has fulfilled her function when she has 

 ascertained and enunciated truth; and were these 

 pages addressed to men of science only, I should 

 now close this Essay, knowing that my colleagues 

 have learned to respect nothing but evidence, and 

 to believe that their highest duty lies in sub- 

 mitting to it, however it may jar against their in- 

 clinations. 



But, desiring, as I do, to reach the wider circle 

 of the intelligent public, it would be unworthy 

 cowardice were I to ignore the repugnance with 

 which the majority of my readers are likely to 

 meet the conclusions to which the most careful and 

 conscientious study I have been able to give to 

 this matter, has led me. 



On all sides I shall hear the cry — " We are men 

 and women, not a mere better sort of apes, a little 

 longer in the leg* more compact in the foot, and 

 bigger in brain than your brutal Chimpanzees and 

 Gorillas. The power of knowledge — the conscience 

 of good and evil — the pitiful tenderness of human 

 affections, raise us out of all real fellowship with 



