﻿MAN 
  DIVINELY 
  TAUGHT. 
  

  

  absence 
  of 
  other 
  and 
  higher 
  kinds 
  of 
  know- 
  

   ledge, 
  of 
  which 
  an 
  acquaintance 
  with 
  the 
  

   metals 
  is 
  but 
  a 
  symbol 
  and 
  a 
  type. 
  Within 
  

   certain 
  limits 
  this 
  is 
  true, 
  and 
  we 
  may 
  

   assume, 
  therefore, 
  that 
  in 
  Genesis 
  also, 
  the 
  

   intimation 
  given 
  on 
  this 
  subject 
  implies 
  that 
  

   so 
  far 
  as 
  civilization 
  means 
  a 
  command 
  over 
  

   the 
  powers 
  of 
  nature, 
  Man 
  was 
  left 
  to 
  make 
  

   his 
  own 
  way, 
  through 
  his 
  powers 
  of 
  reason, 
  

   and 
  through 
  his 
  instincts 
  of 
  research. 
  

   Whately 
  has 
  indeed 
  inferred, 
  from 
  the 
  de- 
  

   scription 
  given 
  of 
  Cain 
  as 
  a 
  tiller 
  of 
  the 
  

   ground, 
  and 
  of 
  Abel 
  as 
  a 
  keeper 
  of 
  flocks, 
  

   that 
  the 
  great 
  economic 
  principle 
  of 
  the 
  

   division 
  of 
  labour 
  was 
  at 
  the 
  first 
  divinely 
  

   taught 
  to 
  Man. 
  But, 
  if 
  we 
  are 
  to 
  understand 
  

   this 
  literally, 
  not 
  of 
  tribes 
  tracing 
  their 
  descent 
  

  

  