﻿DIFFICULTIES 
  ATTENDING 
  IT. 
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  of 
  them 
  are 
  referred 
  to 
  in 
  a 
  cursory 
  manner 
  

   by 
  Dr. 
  Whately. 
  Let 
  us 
  examine 
  them 
  a 
  

   little 
  nearer. 
  

  

  "Man's 
  place 
  in 
  nature 
  " 
  has 
  long 
  been, 
  and 
  

   still 
  is, 
  the 
  grand 
  battle-ground 
  of 
  anatomists 
  

   and 
  physiologists 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  points 
  on 
  which 
  

   they 
  are 
  disagreed 
  among 
  themselves 
  have 
  

   not 
  really 
  any 
  importance 
  corresponding 
  to 
  

   "the 
  vehemence 
  with 
  which 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  

   disputed. 
  The 
  great 
  French 
  anatomist, 
  Cuvier, 
  

   was 
  of 
  opinion 
  that 
  the 
  distinctions 
  between 
  

   Man's 
  organism 
  and 
  the 
  organism 
  of 
  the 
  

   highest 
  among 
  the 
  beasts 
  are 
  of 
  such 
  magni- 
  

   tude 
  and 
  importance, 
  that 
  the 
  human 
  race 
  

   cannot 
  be 
  classified 
  as 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  

   " 
  Order 
  " 
  with 
  any 
  other 
  creature, 
  but 
  must 
  be 
  

   held 
  to 
  constitute 
  an 
  " 
  Order 
  n 
  by 
  itself. 
  In 
  

  

  