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the evolution of the ape a human soul was in 

 fused, Father Wasmann assumes that man had 

 a direct and special ancestor for himself, which 

 we might call man-in-preparation. It presup 

 poses that at the creation of life God created 

 something like a germ-cell of humanity endow 

 ed with life and the power of development, with 

 the ultimate intention of erecting it into a man 

 "when the organized matter had so far devel 

 oped through natural causes as to be capable of 

 being animated with a human soul/' It was 

 not yet man. It was distinct from other ani 

 mal ancestry. It was not ape or beast or any 

 other kind of obnoxious ancestor. It was wor 

 thy of the future dignity of man. It was man- 

 matter vivified by the spark of life and left with 

 the power of developing. It was specially cre 

 ated, probably out of specially prepared matter; 

 and when the proper time in its own develop 

 ment came, the human soul was grafted on this 

 living thing. Heretofore it was uncompleted 

 man; now it became complete man. We think 

 we have given Father Wasmann's views; but 

 of course are subject to correction if we have 

 misapprehended his meaning. 



