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  PRIMEVAL 
  MAN. 
  

  

  indisputable 
  fact, 
  that 
  Man 
  has 
  no 
  instincts 
  

   such 
  as 
  enable 
  the 
  lower 
  animals 
  to 
  construct 
  

   nests, 
  and 
  cells, 
  and 
  lairs. 
  My 
  own 
  belief 
  

   is, 
  that 
  this 
  is 
  an 
  assumption 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  

   only 
  unproved, 
  but 
  one 
  which 
  in 
  all 
  pro- 
  

   bability 
  is 
  false. 
  As 
  Whately 
  himself 
  admits, 
  

   " 
  Man 
  is 
  an 
  animal 
  " 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  creatures 
  

   that 
  are 
  below 
  him. 
  It 
  is 
  true 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  

   not 
  instincts 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  kind 
  as 
  they 
  have. 
  

   But 
  this 
  is 
  no 
  proof 
  whatever 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  

   not, 
  and 
  had 
  not 
  originally, 
  instincts 
  which 
  

   stand 
  in 
  strict 
  correlation 
  with 
  the 
  peculiarities 
  

   of 
  his 
  higher 
  physical 
  organization. 
  This 
  is 
  

   a 
  department 
  of 
  inquiry 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  far 
  

   too 
  much 
  neglected 
  both 
  by 
  physiologists 
  and 
  

   by 
  metaphysicians. 
  There 
  are 
  many 
  facts 
  

   which 
  go 
  far 
  to 
  prove 
  that 
  Man 
  has, 
  and 
  

  

  