466 THE ASCENT OF MAN. 



As Ciivier was able to deduce an auimal's habits from the shape of 

 his teeth, so we may specuhite as to man's past and future from an ex- 

 amination of his anatomy. '■'■Ex pede Herculem^^ has not ceased to be 

 true. It woukl be impossible for me to adequately treat of all these 

 results in one short hour; the subject must necessarily be deferred to 

 another time and another place. If I have succeeded in showing you 

 that structural features form no insignificant i)art of anthropology my 

 object is attained. 



