54 HUMO V. DARWIN. 



developing man's intellect and perfecting his bodily struc- 

 ture, has made a great mistake with the sense of smell. It is 

 " of extremely slight service,'' he tells us, " even to savages." 

 Aa to ourselves, he seems to regard it as of use to us only 

 in helping memory. Natural Selection has thus dealt un- 

 wisely with us, according to Mr. Darwin, as regards the 

 sense of smell. Now, I think, my Lord, that this opinion 

 of his arises from his contemplating man too exclusively from 

 a savage point of view. Those who believe that man was 

 not originally a savage, and that he was created with 

 physical powers much the same as he pos. c esses now, can 

 find no fault with the development in him of the sense in 

 question. 



Lord C. You mean that what Mr. Darwin says regarding 

 the sense of smell in man, seems to indicate that he thinks 

 himself wiser than Natural Selection. 



Homo. Precisely so, my Lord. He evidently thinks that, 

 had he been counsellor, he could have taught Natural 

 Selection better. He would have advised tbat man should 

 not inherit this sense in so "enfeebled, and so far rudi- 

 mentary a condition " as that in which he possesses it. 



Lord C. In this case, then, I think Mr. Darwin's counsel 

 would not have been good. But what is the next point 

 that comes before us ? 



Darwin. " There can be little doubt," my Lord, " that 

 the hairs scattered over the body" of man " are the rudi- 

 ments of the uniform hairy coat of the lower animals." 

 (Vol. i. pp. 21, 25). 



Homo. I think there is great doubt of this, my Lord ; 

 but perhaps Mr. Darwin will now tell us how it happens 

 that man has lost the hairy coat of his progenitors ? 



Darwin. I shall willingly do so, my Lord. A "most 

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