-^ From Cavc-chvcllcr's Sketch to Pliotooniph 



c;iusc is deep-seated — that dccj) down in the licarL of the 

 highly-cultured ci\ilised man there are in\oluntary yearn- 

 ings after the sensations ot wikh healthy, j)rlineval nature. 

 The progress ot mankind from the so-called barbaric stage 

 to the highest civilisation has bcx-n accomplished in so 

 short a time, in comparison with the whole period ot man's 



Camelo-pardu/Jeu Giritffe. 



A GERMAN PICTURE OF THE GIRAFFE DATING FROM ABOUT TWO HUNDRED 



YEARS AGO. 



existence, that it is easy to understand how such a longing 

 mav survive. In every man there must be something 

 of this craving for light and air and primeval conditions. 



" The conflict ot' man with the animal world," says 

 Wilhelm Bolsche, " has passed away unsung and un- 

 celebrated. The civilised man of to-day has hardly a 



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