SIR JOHN Lubbock's propositions. 5 



The two main lines of argument pursued 

 by Sir J. Lubbock connect themselves with 

 the two following propositions which he 

 undertakes to prove : — ist, " That there are 

 indications of progress even among savages ; " 

 and 2d, ** That among the most civilized nations 

 there are traces of original barbarism." 



Sir J. Lubbock's paper has confirmed an 

 impression I have long had, that Whately's 

 argument, though strong at some points, is at 

 others open to assault ; and that, as a whole, 

 the subject now requires to be differently 

 handled, and regarded from a different point 

 of view. On the other hand, the same paper 

 has convinced me that the argument in favour 

 of what may be called the Savage-theory is 

 very much the weaker of the two, and rests 



