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  PRIMEVAL 
  MAN. 
  

  

  these 
  vast 
  cycles 
  of 
  change 
  had 
  been 
  finally- 
  

   completed 
  before 
  Man 
  appeared. 
  * 
  And 
  as 
  

   regards 
  fresh 
  creations 
  this 
  supposition 
  is 
  still 
  

   supported 
  by 
  the 
  testimony 
  of 
  science. 
  So 
  

   far 
  as 
  we 
  yet 
  know, 
  no 
  New 
  Form 
  of 
  Life 
  

   has 
  been 
  created 
  since 
  the 
  Highest 
  Form 
  

   was 
  made. 
  But 
  it 
  nfew 
  appears 
  that 
  since 
  

   that 
  event 
  many 
  Old 
  Forms 
  have 
  died. 
  The 
  

   Cycles 
  of 
  Creation 
  had 
  closed, 
  but 
  not 
  the 
  

   Cycles 
  of 
  Destruction. 
  Of 
  itself, 
  it 
  might 
  be 
  

   supposed 
  that 
  this 
  fact 
  has 
  little 
  bearing 
  

   upon 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  Time. 
  The 
  extinction 
  

   of 
  some 
  noxious 
  animals 
  in 
  particular 
  parts 
  

   of 
  the 
  globe, 
  as 
  for 
  example 
  in 
  our 
  own 
  

   country, 
  has 
  taken 
  place 
  within 
  the 
  period 
  

   of 
  history, 
  and 
  some 
  few 
  species 
  of 
  wingless 
  

   birds, 
  as 
  the 
  Dodo 
  and 
  the 
  Great 
  Auk, 
  have 
  

  

  