794 MAMMALIA. 
seems likely that, in the struggles of primitive man, wits 
were of more use than strength. When the habits of 
walking erect, of using sticks and stones, of building 
shelters, of living in families began—and they have begun 
among monkeys—it is likely that wits would grow rapidly. 
The prolonged infancy, characteristic of human offspring, 
would help to evolve gentleness. But even more important 
is the fact that among monkeys there are distinct societies. 
Families combine for protection; the combination favours 
the development of emotional and intellectual strength. 
“Man did not make society ; society made man.” 
Finally, it is plain that all repugnance to the doctrine of 
descent as applied to man should disappear when we 
clearly realise the great truism of evolution, that “there 
is nothing in the end which was not also in the beginning.” 
