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(to say nothing of so arranging the several 

 single genera), if all the structural resemblances 

 are taken into account 



" If the number of wrist-bones be deemed 

 a special mark of affinity between the gorilla, 

 chimpanzee, and man, why are we not to con- 

 sider it also a special mark of affinity between 

 the indris and man ? That it should be so con- 

 sidered, however, would be deemed an absurdity 

 by every evolutionist. 



" If the proportions of the arms speak in 

 favour of the chimpanzee, why do not the 

 proportions of the legs serve to promote the 

 rank- of the gibbons? 



" If the obliquely-ridged teeth of Simia and 

 Troglodytes point to community of origin, how 

 can we deny a similar community of origin, as 

 thus estimated, to the howling monkeys and 

 galagos ? 



" The liver of the gibbons proclaims them 

 almost human ; that of the gorilla declares him 

 comparatively brutal. 



" The ear-lobule of the gorilla makes him our 

 cousin ; but his tongue is eloquent in his own 

 dispraise. 



" The slender loris from amidst the half-apes, 

 can put in many a claim to be our shadow 

 refracted, as it were, through a lemurine prism. 



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