34 THE ORIGIN OF HUMAN REASON, 



higher powers and more developed faculties ; but most 

 assuredly we attribute such powers to him, not on the 

 strength of, or as a concession to, any theological dogma, 

 but simply because, in our poor judgment, the balance 

 of argument seems to incline that way. 



We do not, of course, for a moment wish dogmati- 

 cally to affirm that early man was so conditioned ; but 

 we believe him to have been so — while we remain quite 

 ready to reject that belief and accept the opposite view 

 as soon as ever we meet with evidence which seems to 

 us sufficient to justify our so doing. 



Having made this preliminary statement and expla- 

 nation of our own views and position, we will proceed, 

 without further preface, to address ourselves to the 

 examination of Mr. Romanes's psychological views. 



