CHAP. V.] DUTY AND PLEASURE. 117 



ness are so far (though very imperfectly) conjoined here as 

 to reasonably lead us to look forward to their complete union 

 hereafter ; and if he were further to add that such a Cause, 

 having implanted in man the unanalysable power of per 

 ceiving moral obligation, had made use of the lower faculties, 

 and amongst them social instincts, as occasions to call out 

 into action and develop this power, then his hypothesis 

 would not be manifestly inadequate, as it is. But, unfortu 

 nately, this is not on the face of it his teaching. We are 

 referred for the &quot;origin of morals&quot; to the same source to 

 which he before believed that he had traced the &quot; origin of 

 species.&quot; He says :* &quot; The first foundation or origin of the 

 moral sense lies in the social instincts, including sympathy ; 

 and these instincts, no doubt, were primarily gained, as in 

 the case of the lower animals, through natural selection.&quot; 



Criticisms on Mr. Darwin such as the foregoing criticisms 

 of mine which appeared in the Genesis of Species Mr . H uxiey B 

 and the Quarterly Review elicited from Pro- SSi& 

 fessor Huxley a very interesting reply, which CIlUcs 

 appeared in the Contemporary Review for Nov. 1871. 



As to this reply, I have now, and shall have later on, 

 various observations to offer of very different kinds. 



But first, as to the question concerning morality I have, I 

 conceive, some reason to complain of Professor Huxley s treat 

 ment of my observations. From the remarks which he has 

 again and again made, it is evident to whom he attributes 

 the article in the Quarterly Review. Nevertheless he, in 

 the first place, misrepresents my statement in my book, and 

 attributes to me an absurdity which is not in it, but which 

 is distinctly pointed out and repudiated in the Quarterly 

 Review. In the second place, he accuses me of neglecting 

 a remark made by Mr. Darwin, which remark is not only 

 referred to, but fully quoted in the same review. 



First, with regard to Mr. Darwin: Professor Huxley ac 

 cuses me of charging that gentleman &quot; with being ignorant 



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