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Structure or Habits, and therefore the Character which has generally 
been modified—Exceptional cases confirmatory of the above Explana- 
tion—Real or apparent exceptions to the Law stated at p. 240— 
Various modes of Protection of Animals—Females of some groups 
require and obtain more Protection than the Males—Conclusion 
Pp. 231—263 
VIII.— Creation by Law. 
Laws from which the Origin of Species may be deduced—Mr. Darwin’s 
Metaphors liable to Misconception—A case of Orchis-structure ex- 
plained by Natural Selection—Adaptation brought about by General 
Laws—Beauty in Nature—How new Forms are produced by Varia- 
tion and Selection—The Objection that there are Limits to Variation 
—Objection to the argument from Classification—The Times on 
Natural Selection—Intermediate or generalized forms of Extinct 
Animals an indication of Transmutation or Development—Conelu- 
sion—A Demonstration of the Origin of Species » Pp. 264—301 
IX.—The Development of Human Races under the Law of 
Natural Selection. 
Wide difference of Opinion as to Man’s Origin—Outline of the Theory 
of Natural Selection—Different effects of Natural Selection on 
Animals and on Man—Infiuence of External Nature in the develop- 
ment of the Human Mind—Extinction of Lower Races—The Origin 
of the Races of Man—The Bearing of these views on the Antiquity 
of Man—Their Bearing on the Dignity and Supremacy of Man— 
Their Bearing on the future Development of Man—Summary—Con- 
clusion. ‘ ‘ ; E % . é » Pp. 302—331 
X.—The Limits of Natural Selection as applied to Man. 
What Natural Selection can Not do—The Brain of the Savage shown 
to be Larger than he Needs it to be—Size of Brain an important 
Element of Mental Power—Comparison of the Brains of Man and of 
Anthropoid Apes—Range of intellectual power in Man—Intellect of 
Savages and of Animals compared—The use of the Hairy Covering 
of Mammalia—The Constant absence of Hair from certain parts of 
Man’s body a remarkable Phenomenon—Savage Man feels the want 
of this Hairy Covering—Man’s Naked Skin could not have been pro- 
duced by Natural Selection—Feet and Hands of Man considered as 
