708 THE DESCENT OF MAN. 



only with the truth as far as our reason permits us to dis- 

 cover it; and I have given the evidence to tlie best of my 

 ability. We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to 

 me, tliat man, with all his noble qualities, with sympathy 

 which feels for the most debased, with benevolence which 

 extends not only to other men but to the humblest living 

 creature, with his godlike intellect which has penetrated 

 into the movements and constitution of the solar system 

 with all these exalted powers man still bears in his bodily 

 frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin. 



