﻿MAN 
  AN 
  ORIGINAL 
  SPECIES. 
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  tures 
  that 
  are, 
  or 
  that 
  are 
  known 
  ever 
  to 
  

   have 
  been, 
  his 
  contemporaries 
  in 
  the 
  world. 
  

   In 
  possession 
  of 
  this 
  ground, 
  we 
  can 
  wait 
  

   for 
  such 
  further 
  evidence 
  in 
  favour 
  of 
  Trans- 
  

   mutation 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  brought 
  to 
  light. 
  

   Meanwhile 
  at 
  least 
  we 
  are 
  entitled 
  to 
  remain 
  

   incredulous, 
  remembering, 
  as 
  Professor 
  Phillips 
  

   has 
  said, 
  that 
  u 
  everywhere 
  we 
  arc 
  required 
  

   by 
  the 
  hypothesis 
  to 
  look 
  somewhere 
  else 
  ; 
  

   which 
  may 
  fairly 
  be 
  interpreted 
  to 
  signify 
  

   that 
  the 
  hypothesis 
  everywhere 
  fails 
  in 
  the 
  

   first 
  and 
  most 
  important 
  step. 
  How 
  is 
  it 
  

   conceivable 
  that 
  the 
  second 
  stage 
  should 
  be 
  

   everywhere 
  preserved, 
  but 
  the 
  first 
  nowhere?"* 
  

  

  * 
  "Life 
  — 
  the 
  Origin 
  and 
  Succession," 
  by 
  Frofessor 
  John 
  

   Phillips. 
  

  

  