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  PRIMEVAL 
  MAN. 
  

  

  that 
  curtain 
  of 
  thick 
  darkness, 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  

   which 
  these 
  names 
  are 
  made 
  to 
  pass. 
  And 
  

   yet 
  there 
  are, 
  as 
  it 
  were, 
  momentary 
  liftings, 
  

   through 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  glimpses 
  of 
  great 
  

   movements 
  which 
  were 
  going 
  on, 
  and 
  had 
  

   long 
  been 
  going 
  on, 
  beyond. 
  No 
  shapes 
  are 
  

   distinctly 
  seen. 
  Even 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  those 
  

   movements 
  can 
  be 
  only 
  guessed. 
  But 
  voices 
  

   are 
  heard 
  which 
  are 
  as 
  the 
  voices 
  of 
  many 
  

   nations. 
  The 
  very 
  first 
  among 
  the 
  descen- 
  

   dants 
  of 
  Noah 
  whose 
  individuality 
  and 
  

   personality 
  is 
  clear 
  to 
  us, 
  — 
  the 
  very 
  first 
  

   whose 
  doings 
  can 
  be 
  brought 
  into 
  relation 
  

   with 
  events 
  otherwise 
  known 
  or 
  recognizable 
  

   in 
  the 
  History 
  of 
  Man, 
  — 
  is 
  introduced 
  in 
  a 
  

   manner 
  which 
  reveals 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  different 
  

   races 
  of 
  the 
  human 
  family 
  had 
  then 
  already 
  

  

  