84 PRIMEVAL MAN. 



the ruler of nations capable of waging wars 

 of conquest at great distances from the seat 

 of their government, and the centre of their 

 power. We see in him therefore the Sovereign 

 of a long-established and powerful race. And 

 yet these migrations and wars of Abraham 

 stand, if not at the very beginning of 

 History, at least at the very beginning of 

 Historical Chronology. They mark the very 

 earliest date in the history of Man, on 

 which, within moderate limits of discrepancy, 

 all chronologists are agreed. That date may 

 be fixed at 2,000 B.C. This is the boundary, 

 in looking backwards, of Time-absolute. All 

 beyond, is Time-relative. We have, indeed, 

 other evidence of an historical character to 

 show that the Monarchy of Egypt had been 



