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  PRIMEVAL 
  MAN. 
  

  

  the 
  ruler 
  of 
  nations 
  capable 
  of 
  waging 
  wars 
  

   of 
  conquest 
  at 
  great 
  distances 
  from 
  the 
  seat 
  

   of 
  their 
  government, 
  and 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  their 
  

   power. 
  We 
  see 
  in 
  him 
  therefore 
  the 
  Sovereign 
  

   of 
  a 
  long-established 
  and 
  powerful 
  race. 
  And 
  

   yet 
  these 
  migrations 
  and 
  wars 
  of 
  Abraham 
  

   stand, 
  if 
  not 
  at 
  the 
  very 
  beginning 
  of 
  

   History, 
  at 
  least 
  at 
  the 
  very 
  beginning 
  of 
  

   Historical 
  Chronology. 
  They 
  mark 
  the 
  very 
  

   earliest 
  date 
  in 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  Man, 
  on 
  

   which, 
  within 
  moderate 
  limits 
  of 
  discrepancy, 
  

   all 
  chronologists 
  are 
  agreed. 
  That 
  date 
  may 
  

   be 
  fixed 
  at 
  2,000 
  B.C. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  boundary, 
  

   in 
  looking 
  backwards, 
  of 
  Time-absolute. 
  All 
  

   beyond, 
  as 
  Time-relative. 
  We 
  have, 
  indeed, 
  

   other 
  evidence 
  of 
  an 
  historical 
  character 
  to> 
  

   show 
  that 
  the 
  Monarchy 
  of 
  Egypt 
  had 
  been 
  

  

  