THE NEANDERTHAL SKULL. 159 



9. The liver and stomach of the sibbong ; 

 and a number of other things, in which the 

 various several forms of higher or lower 

 primates respectively approximate to man " 

 (pp. 152, 177). 



Such was the interesting creature from 

 whom Darwin and his numerous disciples 

 suppose themselves to have sprung ; and 

 of whom the master says especially that 

 there is " no reason " why you should be 

 " ashamed " of having such a distinguished 

 progenitor, though others may differ from 

 him on this point in accordance with the 

 aphorism of Terence " Quot homines, tot 

 sententice : suus cuique mos" 



17. The last member of the professorial 

 class, whom I shall have the honour of 

 quoting as to his opinion on the Dar- 

 winian philosophy, is one of the greatest 

 names in the long roll of celebrities of the 

 19th century, Dr. VIRCHOW, Professor of 

 Pathology in the University of Berlin, 

 and by general consent master of the 

 science he professes, delivered a brilliant 

 address at the Munich Conference of 



