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  PRIMEVAL 
  MAN. 
  

  

  only 
  in 
  a 
  less 
  degree 
  ? 
  — 
  Cruel 
  rites 
  of 
  

   worship, 
  and 
  savage 
  customs 
  as 
  regards 
  

   marriage 
  and 
  the 
  relation 
  of 
  the 
  sexes, 
  

   come 
  under 
  the 
  same 
  category.* 
  Canni- 
  

   balism 
  is 
  only 
  an 
  extreme 
  case 
  of 
  a 
  general 
  

   law, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  crucial 
  test 
  of 
  the 
  fallacy 
  

   of 
  a 
  whole 
  class 
  of 
  arguments 
  commonly 
  

   assumed 
  by 
  those 
  who 
  support 
  the 
  Savage- 
  

   theory 
  respecting 
  the 
  Primeval 
  Condition 
  of 
  

   Mankind. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  cannot 
  be 
  

   denied 
  that 
  the 
  argument 
  of 
  Whately 
  is 
  

   equally 
  defective 
  in 
  failing 
  to 
  recognise 
  the 
  

   essential 
  distinctions 
  to 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  referred. 
  

  

  * 
  Much 
  stress 
  is 
  laid 
  on 
  these 
  by 
  Sir 
  J. 
  Lubbock. 
  Yet 
  

   many 
  of 
  the 
  customs 
  he 
  refers 
  to, 
  such 
  as 
  Bride-catching, 
  

   although 
  they 
  may 
  have 
  arisen 
  in 
  very 
  early 
  times, 
  cannot 
  

   possibly 
  have 
  been 
  Primeval 
  in 
  the 
  strict 
  sense 
  of 
  that 
  term. 
  

  

  