Descent of Man. 249 



developed an intelligence above the brutes than they 

 crowned themselves lords of all they surveyed ; fancied 

 that the earth yielded of its substance and increase 

 merely to sustain them ; that fish, flesh, and fowl were 

 appointed to minister to their service ; that the sun, 

 moon, and stars made obeisance to them, and that all 

 the hosts of heaven only existed to worship their 

 pompous little selves, adorn their planetary dwelling- 

 place, apportion their seasons, measure the length of 

 their days, and circle over them as a vast diademed 

 clock to tell them the time of day in the infinite. 



