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almost bone for bone, nerve for nerve, muscle for 

 muscle he is the same. There is in fact a body 

 of evidence now before science for the animal 

 origin of Man's physical frame which it is im- 

 possible for a thinking mind to resist. Up to 

 this point two only out of the many conspiring 

 lines of testimony have been drawn upon for their 

 contribution ; but enough has been said to en- 

 courage us, with this as at least a working theory, 

 to continue the journey. It is the Ascent of Man 

 that concerns us and not the Descent. And these 

 amazing facts about the past are cited for a larger . 

 purpose than to produce conviction on a point 

 which, after all, is of importance only in its higher 

 implications. 



