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  PRIMEVAL 
  MAN. 
  

  

  Understanding? 
  And, 
  thirdly, 
  there 
  is 
  the 
  

   question, 
  What 
  was 
  his 
  condition 
  in 
  respect 
  

   to 
  Knowledge, 
  whether 
  as 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  in- 
  

   tuition, 
  or 
  as 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  teaching 
  ? 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  

   fatal 
  fault 
  in 
  the 
  discussion 
  of 
  this 
  subject, 
  as 
  

   conducted 
  both 
  by 
  Archbishop 
  Whately 
  and 
  

   by 
  Sir 
  J. 
  Lubbock, 
  that 
  these 
  distinctions 
  are 
  

   either 
  not 
  seen 
  or 
  not 
  distinctly 
  kept 
  in 
  view. 
  

   Perhaps, 
  indeed, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  thought 
  that 
  the 
  

   Savage-theory 
  is 
  independent 
  of 
  such 
  close 
  

   analysis. 
  But 
  this 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  the 
  case. 
  

   The 
  distinction 
  between 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  

   Faculties 
  capable 
  of 
  acquiring 
  knowledge, 
  and 
  

   the 
  possession 
  of 
  knowledge 
  actually 
  acquired, 
  

   is 
  a 
  fundamental 
  distinction. 
  Not 
  less 
  funda- 
  

   mental 
  is 
  the 
  distinction 
  between 
  a 
  creature 
  

   who 
  is 
  morally 
  good 
  but 
  intellectually 
  un- 
  

  

  