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certain than that Man is chiefly characterized 

 by those psychical distinctions which in such 

 treatises as that of Prof. Huxley's now cited,- are 

 either left entirely out of view, or dismissed in 

 a passing sentence. " Conscience, remorse, am- 

 bition, sense of responsibility, improvableness 

 of reason, immense advances in knowledge, 

 self-cultivation, sesthetical sensibilities these 

 and other qualities of the Homo sapiens, not 

 to speak of religious sentiments, broadly and 

 plainly distinguish man from all the Simians 

 and Troglodytes. Grant, for a moment, (what 

 is manifestly inconsistent with the previous 

 statement, that ' the structural differences be- 

 tween man and the highest apes are great and 

 significant ') that man is one in substance and 

 structure with these creatures ; grant even that 

 their instincts simulate our reason in some 

 remarkable instances ; and when all is granted, 

 the vast and varied differences just intimated 

 remain as towering distinctions. To these is 

 added that gift of articulate speech which, 

 though mechanically organized, imparts su- 

 preme value to them all ; which makes man a 

 communicative being ; which gives to a lecturer, 

 such as Professor Huxley, that power to in- 

 struct, amuse and illustrate, by which he is raised 

 immeasurably above the cleverest ape that 



