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  . 
  PRIMEVAL 
  MAN. 
  

  

  write 
  that 
  my 
  words 
  should 
  include 
  the 
  widest 
  

   range 
  of 
  meaning, 
  and 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  confined 
  

   to 
  one 
  sense 
  alone, 
  exclusive 
  of 
  all 
  others, 
  even 
  

   of 
  some 
  which 
  should 
  be 
  inconsistent 
  with 
  my 
  

   own. 
  Far 
  from 
  me, 
  God, 
  be 
  the 
  temerity 
  

   to 
  suppose 
  that 
  so 
  great, 
  a 
  . 
  Prophet 
  did 
  not 
  

   receive 
  from 
  Thy 
  Grace 
  even 
  such 
  a 
  favour 
  ! 
  

   Yes 
  ; 
  he 
  had 
  in 
  view 
  and 
  in 
  his 
  spirit, 
  when 
  

   he 
  traced 
  these 
  words, 
  all 
  that 
  we 
  can 
  ever 
  

   discover 
  of 
  the 
  truth 
  — 
  even 
  every 
  truth 
  which 
  

   has 
  escaped 
  us 
  hitherto, 
  or 
  which 
  escapes 
  us 
  

   still, 
  but 
  which 
  nevertheless 
  may 
  yet 
  be 
  dis- 
  

   covered 
  in 
  them." 
  .Certain 
  it 
  is, 
  that 
  whatever 
  

   new 
  views 
  may 
  now 
  be 
  taken 
  of 
  the 
  origin 
  and 
  

   authorship 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  chapter 
  of 
  Genesis, 
  it 
  

   stands 
  alone 
  among 
  the 
  traditions 
  of 
  mankind 
  

   in 
  the 
  wonderful 
  simplicity, 
  and 
  grandeur 
  of 
  

  

  