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  PRIMEVAL 
  MAN. 
  

  

  tific 
  research. 
  We 
  know 
  from 
  past 
  experience 
  

   how 
  foolish 
  and 
  how 
  futile 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  do 
  so. 
  

   But 
  unquestionably 
  the 
  Unity 
  of 
  the 
  Human 
  

   Race, 
  in 
  respect 
  to 
  origin, 
  is 
  not 
  easily 
  separ- 
  

   ated 
  from 
  some 
  principles 
  which 
  are 
  of 
  high 
  

   value 
  in 
  our 
  understanding 
  both 
  of 
  moral 
  

   duty 
  and 
  of 
  religious 
  truth. 
  And 
  precisely 
  in 
  

   proportion 
  as 
  we 
  value 
  our 
  belief 
  in 
  that 
  

   Unity 
  ought 
  we 
  to 
  be 
  ready 
  and 
  willing 
  to 
  

   accept 
  any 
  evidence 
  on 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  Man's 
  

   Antiquity. 
  The 
  older 
  the 
  Human 
  Family 
  can 
  

   be 
  proved 
  to 
  be, 
  the 
  more 
  possible 
  and 
  pro- 
  

   bable 
  it 
  is 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  descended 
  from 
  a 
  single 
  

   pair. 
  My 
  own 
  firm 
  belief 
  is 
  that 
  all 
  scientific 
  

   evidence 
  is 
  in 
  favour 
  of 
  this 
  conclusion 
  ; 
  and 
  I 
  

   regard 
  all 
  new 
  proofs 
  of 
  the 
  Antiquity 
  of 
  Man 
  

   as 
  tending 
  to 
  establish 
  it 
  on 
  a 
  firmer 
  basis. 
  

  

  