794 MAMMALIA. 



seems likely that, in the struggles of primitive man, wits 

 were of more use than strength. When the habits of 

 walking erect, of using sticks and stones, of building 

 shelters, of living in families began and they have begun 

 among monkeys it is likely that wits would grow rapidly. 

 The prolonged infancy, characteristic of human offspring, 

 would help to evolve gentleness. But even more important 

 is the fact that among monkeys there are distinct societies. 

 Families combine for protection ; the combination favours 

 the development of emotional and intellectual strength. 

 " Man did not make society ; society made man." 



Finally, it is plain that all repugnance to the doctrine of 

 descent as applied to man should disappear when we 

 clearly realise the great truism of evolution, that "there 

 is nothing in the end which was not also in the beginning." 



