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brain of Man exist also in the brain of 

 monkeys ; and thus, that the difference is 

 reduced to one of volume or quantity alone. 

 But this difference of quantity, relative to the 

 size of the organism, even if no other can 

 be detected by the knife, is correlated with 

 a whole host of other anatomical peculiarities 

 which span the whole breadth of the chasm 

 that yawns between the brutes and Man. 

 These peculiarities must be taken as a whole, 

 in their assemblage, and in their actual 

 connection. The size of Brain is but the 

 index of many other differences, all closely 

 related to one Purpose, and contributing to 

 one result. It is no answer to this argument 

 to say that an equal amount, or even a 

 greater amount, of difference in mere bulk is 



