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  PRIMEVAL 
  MAN. 
  

  

  must 
  be 
  accepted 
  with 
  just 
  so 
  much 
  of 
  

   conviction 
  as 
  is 
  justified 
  by 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  

   the 
  data, 
  and 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  reasoning 
  

   employed. 
  

  

  The 
  question 
  may 
  well 
  arise 
  in 
  many 
  minds 
  

   in 
  reference 
  to 
  this 
  subject, 
  whether 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  

   legitimate 
  subject 
  of 
  speculation 
  at 
  all 
  — 
  

   whether 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  transcend 
  our 
  faculties 
  

   to 
  ascertain 
  the 
  truth. 
  

  

  Respecting 
  this 
  question, 
  there 
  is 
  one 
  answer 
  

   which 
  is 
  obvious, 
  although 
  it 
  may 
  not 
  go 
  far 
  

   to 
  satisfy 
  those 
  whose 
  scruples 
  are 
  most 
  sin- 
  

   cere. 
  When 
  men 
  in 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  

   Archbishop 
  of 
  Dublin 
  enter 
  upon 
  this 
  dis- 
  

   cussion, 
  and 
  declare 
  that, 
  independent 
  of 
  all 
  

   authority, 
  certain 
  conclusions 
  can 
  be 
  shown 
  to 
  

   be 
  unavoidable 
  by 
  natural 
  reason, 
  we 
  cannot 
  

  

  