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  and 
  mental 
  powers 
  capable 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  

   developments 
  which 
  we 
  see 
  in 
  the 
  most 
  

   advanced 
  industrial 
  arts. 
  These 
  acts 
  involve 
  

   the 
  instinctive 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  constancy 
  of 
  

   natural 
  causes, 
  and 
  the 
  capacity 
  of 
  thought 
  

   which 
  gives 
  men 
  the 
  conviction 
  that 
  what 
  

   has 
  happened 
  under 
  given 
  conditions 
  will 
  

   under 
  the 
  same 
  conditions 
  always 
  happen 
  

   again. 
  Did 
  Dr. 
  Whately 
  mean 
  that 
  Man 
  

   must 
  have 
  been 
  instructed 
  by 
  God 
  how 
  to 
  

   throw 
  a 
  stone, 
  or 
  to 
  wield 
  a 
  stick, 
  or 
  to 
  

   hurl 
  a 
  javelin, 
  or 
  to 
  build 
  a 
  hut 
  ? 
  And 
  if 
  so, 
  

   at 
  what 
  point 
  did 
  such 
  lessons 
  in 
  mechanics 
  

   stop 
  ? 
  Is 
  it 
  not 
  evident 
  that 
  the 
  more 
  perfect 
  

   we 
  suppose 
  the 
  first 
  man 
  to 
  have 
  been, 
  so 
  far 
  

   as 
  regards 
  at 
  least 
  his 
  powers 
  of 
  thought, 
  

   of 
  observation, 
  and 
  of 
  reflection, 
  the 
  less 
  

  

  