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  PRIMEVAL 
  MAN. 
  

  

  upon 
  a 
  method 
  of 
  treatment 
  much 
  more 
  in- 
  

   adequate 
  and 
  incomplete. 
  

  

  I 
  propose 
  in 
  this, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  following 
  

   chapters, 
  to 
  set 
  forth 
  the 
  reasoning 
  upon 
  

   * 
  which 
  these 
  convictions 
  rest. 
  

  

  There 
  are, 
  however, 
  some 
  preliminary 
  con- 
  

   siderations 
  which 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  well 
  to 
  deal 
  with 
  

   before 
  proceeding 
  farther. 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  be 
  observed 
  that 
  both 
  arguments 
  

   are 
  avowedly 
  conducted 
  irrespective 
  of 
  any 
  

   belief 
  in 
  the 
  Mosaic 
  narrative 
  of 
  Creation. 
  

   They 
  both 
  profess 
  to 
  be 
  purely 
  scientific 
  ; 
  

   that 
  is, 
  founded 
  on 
  natural 
  knowledge, 
  and 
  

   using 
  for 
  the 
  discovery 
  of 
  truth 
  such 
  facts 
  

   and 
  inferences 
  as 
  are 
  ascertainable 
  by 
  reason. 
  

   Whately 
  expressly 
  says 
  that 
  in 
  his 
  argument 
  

   he 
  has 
  not 
  appealed 
  to 
  the 
  Book 
  of 
  Genesis 
  

  

  

  