I06 PRIMEVAL MAN. 



Unity of Mankind is so deeply interwoven 

 with the fundamental doctrines of Chris- 

 tianity, as hitherto universally understood, 

 that the new difficulties raised are far greater 

 than those which would be thus removed. 

 No doubt it may be said that the Unity of 

 Mankind as a species, does not necessarily 

 depend upon descent from a single pair; and 

 it is true that this Unity is a matter of fact 

 which cannot under any hypothesis be 

 denied ; because we know that the barrier 

 of hybrid barrenness which nature sets 

 against the mixture of different species 

 does not impede the amalgamation of even 

 the most diverse varieties of Man. It is there- 

 fore certain that in this sense, which involves 

 the full possession of a common nature, "God 



