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separate questions, — that is to say, three 

 questions which, though connected with each 

 other, can be, and indeed must be, separately 

 dealt with: — 



1st. The Origin of Man considered simply 

 as a Species, — that is to say, the method of 

 his creation or introduction into the world. 



2d. The Antiquity of Man, or the time in 

 the geological history and preparation of the 

 globe at which this creation or introduction 

 took place. 



3d. His Mental, Moral, and Intellectual Con- 

 dition when first created. 



No doubt the theory as to the Origin of 

 Man at which Sir J. Lubbock glances when 

 he speaks of the "first being worthy to be 

 called a man" (which is obviously the theory 



