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  PRIMEVAL 
  MAN. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  boundless 
  ocean, 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  a 
  very 
  

   broad 
  sea. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  side 
  of 
  it 
  there 
  rise 
  

   the 
  mountains 
  of 
  a 
  Lifeless 
  Land. 
  Successive 
  

   creations 
  mark 
  the 
  distance 
  between 
  us 
  and 
  

   them, 
  and 
  although 
  we 
  cannot 
  say 
  what 
  that 
  

   distance 
  is, 
  we 
  can 
  say 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  finite 
  

   distance 
  — 
  that 
  beyond 
  a 
  boundary 
  which 
  we 
  

   can 
  see, 
  the 
  world 
  was 
  not 
  a 
  world 
  such 
  

   as 
  we 
  now 
  live 
  in, 
  but 
  a 
  world 
  com- 
  

   paratively 
  "without 
  form 
  and 
  void." 
  The 
  

   question 
  of 
  Man's 
  Antiquity 
  involves 
  no 
  

   attempt 
  to 
  measure 
  the 
  breadth 
  of 
  this 
  great 
  

   space, 
  but 
  only 
  the 
  breadth 
  of 
  a 
  little 
  bay 
  or 
  

   creek, 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  shores 
  on 
  which 
  we 
  are 
  

   now 
  standing. 
  Be 
  this 
  breadth 
  greater 
  or 
  

   smaller 
  by 
  one, 
  two, 
  or 
  three, 
  or 
  four, 
  or 
  five, 
  

   or 
  ten 
  thousand 
  years, 
  its 
  relative 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  