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tably undergo " some modification" before it 

 can be accepted by what he considers the 

 scientific world. Darwin's admission that 

 " the older and honoured chiefs " reject it 

 may remind you of an occurrence which 

 took place some 3,000 years ago after the 

 death of the wise King of Israel. The learned 

 and older chiefs advised his successor King 

 Rehoboam one way; "the younger and 

 rising Naturalists " of that period advised 

 him another. He preferred the foolish 

 advice of the latter, and lost half his 

 kingdom thereby. 



Nevertheless, Darwin contends with 

 admirable consistency that " Man is 

 descended from a hairy quadruped, fur- 

 nished with a tail and pointed ears, 

 probably arboreal in its habits, and an 



inhabitant of the old world The 



early progenitors of man were no doubt 

 well covered with hair, loth sexes having 

 beards ; their ears were pointed and capable 

 of movement; and their bodies were 

 provided with a tail having the proper 

 muscles Their males were provided 



