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  PRIMEVAL, 
  MAN. 
  

  

  trivance, 
  there 
  had 
  been 
  established 
  an 
  

   adequate 
  preparation 
  for 
  the 
  change. 
  The 
  

   loss 
  of 
  speed 
  or 
  of 
  climbing 
  power 
  which 
  is 
  

   involved 
  in 
  the 
  fore-arms 
  becoming 
  useless 
  for 
  

   locomotion, 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  incurred 
  with 
  safety 
  

   until 
  the 
  brain 
  was 
  ready 
  to 
  direct 
  a 
  hand. 
  

   The 
  foot 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  allowed 
  to 
  part 
  with 
  

   its 
  prone 
  or 
  prehensile 
  character 
  until 
  the 
  

   powers 
  of 
  reason 
  and 
  reflection 
  had 
  been 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  to 
  justify, 
  as 
  it 
  now 
  explains, 
  the 
  erect 
  

   position 
  and 
  the 
  upward 
  gaze. 
  And 
  so 
  through 
  

   all 
  the 
  innumerable 
  modifications 
  of 
  form 
  

   which 
  are 
  the 
  peculiarities 
  of 
  Man, 
  and 
  which 
  

   stand 
  in 
  indissoluble 
  union 
  with 
  his 
  capacities 
  

   of 
  thought. 
  The 
  lowest 
  degree 
  of 
  intelligence 
  

   which 
  is 
  now 
  possessed 
  by 
  the 
  lowest 
  Savage, 
  

   is 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  enough 
  to 
  compensate 
  him 
  

  

  