﻿PRELIMINARY 
  CONSIDERATIONS. 
  7 
  

  

  as 
  an 
  authority, 
  because 
  he 
  "thought 
  it 
  impor- 
  

   tant 
  to 
  show, 
  independently 
  of 
  that 
  authority 
  

   and 
  from 
  a 
  monument 
  actually 
  before 
  our 
  

   eyes 
  — 
  the 
  existence, 
  namely, 
  of 
  civilized 
  man 
  

   — 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  escaping 
  such 
  conclusions 
  

   as 
  agree 
  with 
  the 
  Bible 
  narrative." 
  The 
  

   opposite 
  argument 
  is, 
  of 
  course, 
  maintained 
  

   always 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  basis 
  of 
  scientific 
  in- 
  

   dependence, 
  and 
  those 
  who 
  urge 
  it 
  do 
  not 
  

   generally 
  profess 
  or 
  care 
  to 
  reconcile 
  the 
  

   conclusion 
  arrived 
  at, 
  with 
  the 
  Mosaic 
  narra- 
  

   tive. 
  Sir 
  J. 
  Lubbock 
  at 
  "the 
  close 
  of 
  his 
  paper 
  

   says 
  emphatically, 
  " 
  These 
  views 
  follow, 
  I 
  think, 
  

   from 
  strictly 
  scientific 
  considerations." 
  No 
  

   doubt, 
  if 
  the 
  inquiry 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  pursued 
  at 
  all 
  

   upon 
  this 
  basis, 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  conducted 
  hon- 
  

   estly, 
  and 
  the 
  conclusions 
  legitimately 
  reached 
  

  

  