2 24 Men. 



the human organism exhibits." Thus, then, it 

 appears that while Owen and Httxley differ, 

 apes and men do not It is an unfortunate 

 circumstance that the more we are developed 

 from apes, the more we differ from each other, 



But are we then *' developed from apes " after 

 all ? Is this so .certain ? This " question of 

 questions for mankind " how shall we answer it? 

 Shall we accept the dictum of Prof. Huxley, and 

 say that " man is in substance and in structure 

 one with the brutes " ? Or shall we pronounce 

 that dictum a mere " theoretic conception," 

 " unverified by observation and experiment " ? 

 In either case, what are the facts ? 



1. And first, as to cerebral structure. 



" It is dear," says Prof. Huxley, " that man 

 differs less from the chimpanzee or the orang 

 than these do even from the monkeys ; and that 

 the difference between the brains of the chim- 

 panzee and of man is almost insignificant, when 

 compared with that between the chimpanzee 

 brain and that of a lemur." 



2. As to cerebral weight, however, on the 

 other hand, " It must not be overlooked that 

 tbere is a very striking difference in absolute 

 mass and weight between the lowest human 

 binin and that of the highest ape, a difference 

 which is all the more remarkable when we recol- 



