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the higher mammals, than there is between the 

 intelligence of the ant and that of the coccus, 

 insects of the same class. 1 



In like manner he teaches that man's moral 

 nature has been evolved by slow degrees from 

 the social instincts common to many animals, 

 (pp. 68, 94) The moral element, thus de- 

 rived, he admits might lead to very different 

 lines of conduct. " If men," he says, " were 

 reared under the same conditions as hives-bees, 

 there can hardly be a doubt, that our unmar- 

 ried females would, like the worker-bees, think 

 it a sacred duty to kill all their brothers, and 

 mothers would strive to kill their fertile daugh- 

 ters ; and no one would think of interfering, 

 (vol. i. p. 70) 



" Lower animals, especially the dog, manifest 

 love, reverence, fidelity, and obedience ; and 

 it is from these elements that the religious 

 sentiment in man has been slowly evolved by 

 a process of natural selection." (vol. i. p. 65) 



The grand conclusion is, " man (body, soul, 

 and spirit) is descended from a hairy quad- 

 ruped, furnished with a tail and pointed ears, 

 probably arboreal in its habits, and an inhab- 



1 Descent of Man, etc. By Charles Darwin, M. A., F. R. S.. 

 etc. New York, 1871, vol. i. p. 179. 



