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49. But if, instead of merely taking the authori- 

 ty of scientific men, we examine the scientific re- 

 sults for ourselves, we shall derive profit in two 

 ways. On the one hand, we can enjoy the ad- 

 vantage of seeing the facts for ourselves, and of 

 concluding that there is no color whatever, in the 

 observations of science, for the hypothesis of an 

 ape-man. On the other hand, a philosophical view 

 opens out before us regarding the course of man's 

 progress upon earth. We are thrown back into the 

 same vein of thought with which we started, that 

 evolution of man's history, from its origin onwards, 

 through its varied and divergent course. We con- 

 template down many an avenue and vista of human 

 history thus distributed over the face of the globe, 

 and down through the ages of time, how the whole 

 progress, so divergent to begin with, is converging 

 towards a final reunion of the human family, when 

 God's designs shall have received their entire ac- 

 complishment over the children of men. This is 

 a physical side to man's ethical and intellectual 

 history. It is credited to the science of anthro- 

 pology. 



50. Let us observe, then, that in the collection 

 of individuals, called mankind, there are many 

 differences, as well anatomical and physiological, as 

 intellectual and moral. Organs and functions, 

 ways of thinking and acting, are all found to be 

 diversified in various natural groups, which are 

 called Races. Now, what do we affirm? That, in 



