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Tin s outward resemblance has its counterpart in 

 similarity of internal structure, including muscles, 

 nerves, and brain. 1 Notwithstanding resemblance in 

 physique, and even superiority of muscular power in / 

 some apes, marked inferiority, even in size of brain, I) 

 separates this animal from man. There is a very 

 striking difference in absolute mass and weight 

 between the lowest, human brain and that of the 

 highest ape, notwithstanding that a full-grown 

 gorilla is probably nearly twice as heavy as a 

 bosjesnian.&quot; 



Judged by the range of its activity, the gorilla holds 

 a comparatively limited place in the economy of 

 Nature. Nowhere has the animal asserted dominion ; 

 temperature has proved a barrier to its migration ; 

 with vast superiority of strength, it has not held its 

 own against- the advance of men into the tangled 

 forests. Notwithstanding advantages of structure, 

 the animal has never done much in the world. Its 

 help to us is as slight as the force of its resistance. 

 As long as we have the horse and the dog to aid us, 

 the ape and the monkey will be treated as unworthy 

 of consideration in the economy of life. 



If such reference to animal life, taken with the 

 suggestions of a theory of Evolution, direct attention 

 to primeval man, and his place in Nature, it will be 

 obvious at once that, we are being led by a direct 

 course to signs of intelligence. The traces of man s 

 presence in the world are traces of work which cannot ,. 

 be attributed to animals. It is not physique, nor even II 

 mechanical labour, so much as intellect, which is con- 



1 Soo illustrations in ffcltitionti oj Mittd and Jirahi, chap. v. 

 - Huxley s Man x /Ymv in Xatuir, p. IO J. 



