REPLY TO LUEBOCK'S ARGUMENT. 187 



on "Prehistoric Man," speaking of the savage, 

 he says,* "Thus his Hfe is one prolonged 

 scene of selfishness and fear ; even in his 

 religion, if he has any, he a-eatcs for Jiimsclf 

 a nezv source of terror, and peoples the world 

 with invisible cjicinies." Yes, and this is 

 mildly stated. The most cruel and savage 

 customs in the world are the direct effect 

 of its "religions." And if men could drop 

 religions when they would, or if they could 

 even form the wish to get rid of those which 

 sit like a nightmare on their life, there would 

 be many more nations without a "religion" 

 than there are found to be. But religions 

 can neither be put on nor cast off like 

 garments, according to their utility, or ac- 

 •^ P. 484. 



