CONCLUSION. 



SummaTy of the Argument — Its Practical and Scientific Bearings 

 — Opposition rmavailing — Prospect of its Adoption. 



SuMisaNG up our inquiry, the question of man's Where, 

 Whence, and Whither, resolves itself into this : — 



1 . That, Zoologically, man and other animals belong 

 to the same vital scheme ; that this scheme is based 

 on a determinate and pervading plan ; that adaptive 

 modification of structural parts seems to be the 

 principle according to which the higher and more 

 complex forms are evolved from the lower ; and that 

 this connection establishes relations between him and 

 his fellow-creatures that are inseparable. 



2. That, Geographically, man, like other animals, is 

 influenced by his physical surroundings ; that these 

 influences extend alike to his material and mental 

 nature ; that they are important factors in the pro- 

 duction of variation among mankind ; and that, taken 

 in connection vsdth the principle of adaptive modifica- 

 tion, they afford some indication of the methods 

 through which vital development is effected. 



