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  PRIMEVAL 
  MAN. 
  

  

  accessible 
  to 
  research 
  ; 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  degree 
  

   in 
  which 
  any 
  given 
  subject 
  is 
  accessible 
  to 
  

   research 
  cannot 
  be 
  known 
  until 
  research 
  has 
  

   been 
  attempted. 
  

  

  Within 
  certain 
  limits 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  open 
  to 
  dis- 
  

   pute 
  that 
  the 
  early 
  condition 
  of 
  Mankind 
  is 
  

   accessible 
  to 
  research. 
  Contemporary 
  history 
  

   reaches 
  back 
  a 
  certain 
  way. 
  Existing 
  monu- 
  

   ments 
  afford 
  their 
  evidence 
  for 
  a 
  considerable 
  

   distance 
  farther. 
  Tradition 
  has 
  its 
  own 
  pro- 
  

   vince 
  still 
  more 
  remote; 
  and 
  latterly 
  Geology 
  

   and 
  Archaeology 
  have 
  met 
  upon 
  common 
  

   ground 
  — 
  ground 
  in 
  which 
  Man 
  and 
  the 
  

   Mammoth 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  together. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  not, 
  however, 
  been 
  sufficiently 
  ob- 
  

   served 
  that 
  the 
  inquiry 
  into 
  the 
  Primitive 
  

   Condition 
  of 
  Mankind 
  resolves 
  itself 
  into 
  three 
  

  

  