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  PRIMEVAL 
  MAN. 
  

  

  define 
  either 
  what 
  civilization 
  in 
  this 
  sense 
  

   means, 
  or 
  to 
  specify 
  what 
  kind 
  and 
  what 
  

   amount 
  of 
  preliminary 
  instruction 
  is 
  the 
  

   minimum 
  from 
  which 
  further 
  advance 
  is 
  

   rendered 
  possible. 
  If 
  by 
  civilization 
  is 
  meant 
  

   a 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  industrial 
  arts, 
  the 
  doc- 
  

   trine 
  that 
  Man 
  never 
  did 
  and 
  never 
  could 
  

   " 
  unaided 
  " 
  raise 
  Tiimself 
  from 
  one 
  step 
  in 
  

   mechanical 
  invention 
  to 
  another, 
  is 
  a 
  doctrine 
  

   involving 
  two 
  separate 
  assertions 
  which 
  re- 
  

   quire 
  to 
  be 
  separately 
  examined. 
  Of 
  these 
  

   two 
  assertions, 
  the 
  first, 
  that 
  Savages 
  never 
  

   have 
  " 
  raised 
  themselves," 
  is 
  an 
  assertion 
  

   which, 
  from 
  its 
  very 
  nature, 
  it 
  is 
  difficult 
  if 
  

   not 
  impossible 
  to 
  prove. 
  Whately 
  defies 
  the 
  

   supporter 
  of 
  Development 
  to 
  produce 
  a 
  single 
  

   case 
  where 
  this 
  has 
  been 
  actually 
  done. 
  Sir 
  

  

  