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  PRIMEVAL 
  MAN. 
  

  

  that 
  this 
  first 
  man 
  was 
  born 
  from 
  some 
  pre- 
  

   existing 
  creature 
  not 
  worthy 
  to 
  be 
  so 
  called), 
  

   is 
  most 
  naturally 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  farther 
  

   theory 
  that 
  his 
  mental 
  condition 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  

   "utter 
  barbarism." 
  But 
  this 
  is 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  a 
  

   necessary 
  consequence. 
  The 
  first 
  man, 
  how- 
  

   ever 
  created, 
  may 
  have 
  had 
  special 
  knowledge 
  

   conveyed 
  to 
  him 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  a 
  special 
  material 
  

   organization. 
  Special 
  powers 
  of 
  acquiring 
  

   knowledge 
  he 
  certainly 
  must 
  have 
  had, 
  since 
  

   we 
  know 
  that 
  these 
  are 
  inseparably 
  connected 
  

   with 
  the 
  organization 
  which 
  made 
  him 
  

   " 
  worthy 
  to 
  be 
  called 
  a 
  man." 
  The 
  two 
  

   questions, 
  therefore, 
  of 
  the 
  Origin 
  of 
  Man, 
  

   and 
  of 
  his 
  Primitive 
  Condition, 
  are 
  clearly 
  

   separable. 
  In 
  like 
  manner, 
  as 
  regards 
  Anti- 
  

   quity, 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  Time 
  has 
  no 
  neces- 
  

  

  