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  PRIMEVAL 
  MAN. 
  

  

  needful 
  is 
  it 
  to 
  suppose 
  that 
  the 
  few 
  and 
  

   simple 
  arts 
  necessary 
  for 
  the 
  sustenance 
  of 
  

   his 
  life 
  were 
  communicated 
  to 
  him 
  in 
  any- 
  

   other 
  form 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  intuitive 
  powers 
  of 
  

   perception 
  and 
  discovery 
  ? 
  

  

  And 
  here 
  it 
  is 
  important 
  to 
  observe 
  that 
  

   even 
  if 
  savage 
  races 
  be 
  taken 
  as 
  the 
  type 
  

   of 
  man's 
  Primeval 
  Condition, 
  the 
  evidence 
  

   afforded 
  by 
  these 
  races 
  is 
  all 
  in 
  favour 
  of 
  the 
  

   conclusion 
  that 
  as 
  regards 
  his. 
  characteristic 
  

   mental 
  powers, 
  Man 
  has 
  always 
  been 
  Man, 
  

   and 
  nothing 
  less. 
  There 
  is 
  quite 
  as 
  much 
  in- 
  

   genuity 
  and 
  skill 
  in 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  a 
  

   knife 
  of 
  flint, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  a 
  

   knife 
  of 
  iron. 
  And 
  the 
  skill 
  displayed 
  by 
  the 
  

   men 
  who 
  used 
  stone 
  implements 
  is 
  not 
  con- 
  

   fined 
  to 
  that 
  which 
  is 
  involved 
  in 
  the 
  selection 
  

  

  