MAN HAS RISEN FROM A LOWER GRADE. 23 



far from rearing itself before us as an incomprehensible 

 entity, invites us to fathom its nature, and promises to 

 reflect fresh light upon the inanimate world. 



We must now pass in review a great portion of ani- 

 mate nature, and shall then arrive at the same con- 

 clusion as the linguistic inquirer, to whom — we again 

 quote his words — " it became, on historic grounds, incon- 

 trovertibly certain that man has risen from a lower, an 

 animal grade." 



