PRIMEVAL MAN. 



must be accepted with just so much of 

 conviction as is justified by the nature of 

 the data, and the nature of the reasoning 

 employed. 



The question may well arise in many minds 

 in reference to this subject, whether it is a 

 legitimate subject of speculation at all — 

 whether it does not transcend our faculties 

 to ascertain the truth. 



Respecting this question, there is one answer 

 which is obvious, although it may not go far 

 to satisfy those whose scruples are most sin- 

 cere. When men in the position of the late 

 Archbishop of Dublin enter upon this dis- 

 cussion, and declare that, independent of all 

 authority, certain conclusions can be shown to 

 be unavoidable by natural reason, we cannot 



