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refinement of the internal ear"— .1 perfection only fully ex- 

 ercised in the enjoyment and aj^preciation of the most ex- 

 quisite musical i)erformances. Here, surely, we have an in- 

 stance of an organ preformed, ready beforeliand fur such 





riDBES or OORTI. 



action as could never by itself have been the cause of its 

 development — the action havinf^ only been subsequent, not 

 anterior. The author is not aware what may be the mi- 

 nute structure of the internal car in the highest apes, but if 

 (as from analogy is probable) it is much as in man, then a 

 fortiori we have an instance of anticipatory development 

 of a most marked and unmistakable kind. And this is not 

 all. There is no reason to suppose that any animal besides 

 man aj)preciates musical harmony. It is certain tliat no 

 other on(^ produces it. 



Mr. Wallace also \irgc3 objections drawn from the origin 

 of some of man's mental faculties, such as " the cajiacity to 

 form ideal conceptions of space and time, of eternity and 

 infinity — the capacity for intense artistic feelings of i)len8- 

 ure, in form, color, and composition — and for those abstract 

 notions of form and number which render geometry and 



" It may be objected, perlmpa, that excessive dclicrtcy of the cnr 

 might have been produced by havlnp; to guard ngainst the approach of 

 enemies, some savages being remarkable for their keenness of hearing at 

 great distances. Ibit the perceptions of inlnisUfj and quaHt;i of sound 

 arc very different. Some jiersons who liavo an extremely acute car for 

 delicate sounds, and who are fond of music, have yet an iucapacily for 

 detecting whether an instrumcat is shghlly out of tunc 



