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  PRIMEVAL 
  MAN. 
  

  

  Unity 
  of 
  Mankind 
  is 
  so 
  deeply 
  interwoven 
  

   with 
  the 
  fundamental 
  doctrines 
  of 
  Chris- 
  

   tianity, 
  as 
  hitherto 
  universally 
  understood, 
  

   that 
  the 
  new 
  difficulties 
  raised 
  are 
  far 
  greater 
  

   than 
  those 
  which 
  would 
  be 
  thus 
  removed. 
  

   No 
  doubt 
  it 
  may- 
  be 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  Unity 
  of 
  

   Mankind 
  as 
  a 
  species, 
  does 
  not 
  necessarily 
  

   depend 
  upon 
  descent 
  from 
  a 
  single 
  pair 
  ; 
  and 
  

   it 
  is 
  true 
  that 
  this 
  Unity 
  is 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  fact 
  

   which 
  cannot 
  under 
  any 
  hypothesis 
  be 
  

   denied 
  ; 
  because 
  we 
  know 
  that 
  the 
  barrier 
  

   of 
  hybrid 
  barrenness 
  which 
  nature 
  sets 
  

   against 
  the 
  mixture 
  of 
  different 
  species 
  

   does 
  not 
  impede 
  the 
  amalgamation 
  of 
  even 
  

   the 
  most 
  diverse 
  varieties 
  of 
  Man. 
  It 
  is 
  there- 
  

   fore 
  certain 
  that 
  in 
  this 
  sense, 
  which 
  involves 
  

   the 
  full 
  possession 
  of 
  a 
  common 
  nature, 
  "God 
  

  

  