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  PRIMEVAL 
  MAN. 
  

  

  elements 
  it 
  may 
  contain) 
  leaves 
  room, 
  even 
  

   according 
  to 
  its 
  most 
  literal 
  interpretation, 
  

   for 
  a 
  much 
  wider 
  latitude 
  of 
  speculation 
  than 
  

   seems 
  to 
  be 
  generally 
  supposed. 
  As 
  regards 
  

   the 
  Origin 
  of 
  Man, 
  undoubtedly, 
  the 
  im- 
  

   pression 
  conveyed 
  is 
  that 
  the 
  Creation 
  of 
  

   Man 
  was 
  a 
  special 
  act 
  — 
  which 
  indeed, 
  what- 
  

   ever 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  its 
  method, 
  it 
  must 
  in 
  a 
  

   sense 
  have 
  been 
  ; 
  but, 
  as 
  regards 
  the 
  Primitive 
  

   Condition 
  of 
  Mankind, 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  remembered 
  

   that, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  narrative 
  in 
  Genesis, 
  

   there 
  never 
  was 
  any 
  generation 
  of 
  men 
  which 
  

   lived 
  and 
  walked 
  in 
  the 
  primal 
  light. 
  It 
  was 
  

   the 
  first 
  man 
  who 
  fell. 
  The 
  second 
  man 
  was 
  

   a 
  murderer. 
  The 
  causes, 
  therefore, 
  of 
  degra- 
  

   dation 
  are 
  represented 
  as 
  having 
  begun, 
  so 
  

   far 
  as 
  the 
  race 
  is 
  concerned, 
  at 
  once 
  ; 
  and 
  it 
  

  

  