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  PRIMEVAL 
  MAN. 
  

  

  structure 
  of 
  the 
  brutes. 
  It 
  diverges 
  in 
  the 
  

   direction 
  of 
  greater 
  physical 
  helplessness 
  and 
  

   weakness. 
  That 
  is 
  to 
  say, 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  divergence 
  

   which 
  of 
  all 
  others 
  it 
  is 
  most 
  impossible 
  to 
  

   ascribe 
  to 
  mere 
  "Natural 
  Selection." 
  The 
  

   unclothed 
  and 
  unprotected 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  

   human 
  body, 
  its 
  comparative 
  slowness 
  of 
  foot, 
  

   the 
  absence 
  of 
  teeth 
  adapted 
  for 
  prehension 
  or 
  

   for 
  defence, 
  the 
  same 
  want 
  of 
  power 
  for 
  similar 
  

   purposes 
  in 
  the 
  hands 
  and 
  fingers, 
  the 
  blunt- 
  

   ness 
  of 
  the 
  sense 
  of 
  smell, 
  such 
  as 
  to 
  render 
  

   it 
  useless 
  for 
  the 
  detection 
  of 
  prey 
  which 
  is 
  

   concealed, 
  — 
  all 
  these 
  are 
  features 
  which 
  stand 
  

   in 
  strict 
  and, 
  harmonious 
  relation 
  to 
  the 
  mental 
  

   powers 
  of 
  Man. 
  But, 
  apart 
  from 
  these, 
  they 
  

   would 
  place 
  him 
  at 
  an 
  immense 
  disadvantage 
  

   in 
  the 
  struggle 
  for 
  existence. 
  This, 
  therefore,. 
  

  

  