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  PRIMEVAL 
  MAN. 
  

  

  so 
  far 
  as 
  science 
  can 
  find 
  a 
  firm 
  foundation 
  

   for 
  any 
  conclusions 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  it. 
  

  

  Having 
  already 
  quoted 
  St. 
  Augustine 
  upon 
  

  

  the 
  general 
  subject 
  of 
  the 
  desire 
  of 
  knowledge,, 
  

  

  I 
  cannot 
  close 
  even 
  this 
  cursory 
  reference 
  to 
  

  

  the 
  relation 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  Mosaic 
  narrative 
  

  

  stands 
  to 
  scientific 
  research, 
  without 
  dwelling 
  

  

  for 
  a 
  moment, 
  on 
  the 
  very 
  striking 
  passage 
  in* 
  

  

  which 
  that 
  great 
  man 
  deals 
  with 
  the 
  only 
  

  

  account 
  which 
  the 
  world 
  possesses 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  history 
  of 
  Creation. 
  St. 
  Augustine 
  was 
  not 
  

  

  the 
  man 
  to 
  be 
  dead 
  to 
  all 
  those 
  curious 
  

  

  speculations 
  and 
  inquiries 
  which 
  that 
  account 
  

  

  excites, 
  and 
  which 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  profess 
  to 
  

  

  satisfy. 
  His 
  Confessions, 
  he 
  says, 
  would 
  not 
  

  

  be 
  the 
  humble 
  confessions 
  he 
  desires 
  them 
  to 
  

  

  be, 
  were 
  he 
  not 
  to 
  confess 
  that 
  as 
  regards 
  

  

  