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human embryo about an inch in length, " the 

 great toe was shorter than the others ; and, 

 instead of being parallel to them, projected at 

 an angle from the side of the foot, thus cor- 

 responding with the permanent condition of this 

 part in the quadrumana." x 



Therefore, on the whole, we may conclude 

 these brief remarks on embryology with the 

 words of Professor Huxley: — "Without question, 

 the mode of origin, and the early stages of the 

 development of man, are identical with those of 

 the animals immediately below him in the scale ; 

 without a doubt, in these respects he is far 

 nearer to apes than the apes are to the dog." 2 



1 Proc. Amer. Acad. Scs., vol. iv., i860, p. 17. It should 

 be added, however, that although the direction taken by the great 

 toe of man at this early age is doubtless, as Prof. Wyman states, 

 more like that which obtains in the quadrumana, there is a slight 

 anatomical difference in the mode of its articulation with the foot, 

 which seems to assist in securing the forward direction taken by 

 it in later life. 



2 Man's Place in Nature, p. 65. 



