CHAPTER XII. 



MEN. 



"THE question of questions for mankind," says 

 Prof. Huxley, " the problem which underlies all 

 others, and is more deeply interesting than any 

 other is the ascertainment of the place which 

 Man occupies in nature, and of his relations to 

 the universe of things." 1 For the most part 

 indeed, men are unreflecting as well as unin- 

 quiring ; " But in every age, one or two restless 

 spirits, blessed with that constructive genius 

 which can only build on a secure foundation," * 

 have adopted sound principles, and proceeded 

 by sure methods, such as those which have now 

 led the Professor to perceive that " though the 

 quaint forms of Centaurs and Satyrs have an 

 existence only in the realms of art, creatures 

 approaching man more nearly than they in 

 essential structure, and yet as thoroughly 

 brutal as the goat's or horse's half of the 



1 " Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature," p. 57. 

 1 Ibid. 



