﻿SIR 
  JOHN 
  LUBBOCK 
  S 
  PROPOSITIONS. 
  

  

  The 
  two 
  main 
  lines 
  of 
  argument 
  pursued 
  

   by 
  Sir 
  J. 
  Lubbock 
  connect 
  themselves 
  with 
  

   the 
  two 
  following 
  propositions 
  which 
  he 
  

   undertakes 
  to 
  prove: 
  — 
  1st, 
  "That 
  there 
  are 
  

   indications 
  of 
  progress 
  even 
  among 
  savages 
  ; 
  " 
  

   and 
  2jd, 
  u 
  That 
  among 
  the 
  most 
  civilized 
  nations 
  

   there 
  are 
  traces 
  of 
  original 
  barbarism.' 
  , 
  

  

  Sir 
  J. 
  Lubbock's 
  paper 
  has 
  confirmed 
  an 
  

   impression 
  I 
  have 
  long 
  had, 
  that 
  Whately's 
  

   argument, 
  though 
  strong 
  at 
  some 
  .points, 
  is 
  at 
  

   others 
  open 
  to 
  assault 
  ; 
  and 
  that, 
  as 
  a 
  whole, 
  

   the 
  subject 
  now 
  requires 
  to 
  be 
  differently 
  

   handled, 
  and 
  regarded 
  from 
  a 
  different 
  point 
  

   of 
  view. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  the 
  same 
  paper 
  

   has 
  convinced 
  me 
  that 
  the 
  argument 
  in 
  favour 
  

   of 
  what 
  may 
  be 
  called 
  the 
  Savage-theory 
  is 
  

   very 
  much 
  the 
  weaker 
  of 
  the 
  two, 
  and 
  rests 
  

  

  