192 SCIENCE AND IMMORTALITY 



that the difference between the brain of the chim- 

 panzee and of the man is almost insignificant 

 when compared with that between the chimpanzee 

 brain and that of a lemur." 



" I confess," says Agassiz, " I could not say in 

 what the mental faculties of a child differ from 

 those of a young chimpanzee." 



Science therefore affirms that man is descended 

 from a little particle of protoplasm, and that the 

 orang, the gibbon, the chimpanzee, and the gorilla 

 are his cousins. 



"• There was an ape in the days that were earlier, 

 Centuries passed and his hair became curlier. 

 Centuries more to his thumb gave a twist. 

 Then he was man and a Positivist." 



