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  PRIMEVAL 
  MAN, 
  

  

  found 
  in 
  Memory 
  the 
  only 
  insuperable 
  diffi- 
  

   culty 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  reducing 
  the 
  definition 
  of 
  

   ourselves 
  into 
  that 
  of 
  mere 
  " 
  Possibilities 
  of 
  

   Feeling."* 
  But 
  in 
  pursuing 
  these 
  speculations 
  

   into 
  the 
  most 
  inscrutable 
  of 
  all 
  subjects, 
  St. 
  

   Augustine 
  is 
  but 
  following 
  the 
  instincts 
  of 
  the 
  

   same 
  restless 
  and 
  curious 
  intellect 
  which 
  had 
  

   once 
  struggled 
  with 
  the 
  questions, 
  What 
  

   Matter 
  is, 
  and 
  How 
  Evil 
  came 
  to 
  be 
  ? 
  There 
  

   is 
  no 
  inquiry 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  human 
  mind 
  comes 
  

   so 
  immediately 
  to 
  the 
  limit 
  of 
  its 
  powers, 
  as 
  

   in 
  the 
  analysis 
  of 
  itself. 
  Inscrutable 
  questions 
  

   may 
  indeed 
  be 
  asked 
  as 
  to 
  what 
  Man 
  once 
  

   was. 
  But 
  questions 
  much 
  more 
  inscrutable 
  

  

  * 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  S. 
  Mill. 
  I 
  have 
  discussed 
  elsewhere 
  the 
  logic 
  and 
  

   the 
  adequacy 
  of 
  this 
  definition: 
  — 
  "The 
  Reign 
  of 
  Law." 
  Fifth 
  

   Edition. 
  Note 
  D. 
  

  

  