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  PRIMEVAL 
  MAN. 
  

  

  that 
  he 
  was 
  truly 
  human 
  in 
  his 
  powers, 
  

   but 
  required 
  some 
  " 
  elementary 
  instruction 
  to 
  

   enable 
  his 
  faculties 
  to 
  begin 
  their 
  work." 
  

   In 
  any 
  case 
  we 
  may 
  safely 
  assume 
  that 
  Man 
  

   must 
  have 
  begun 
  his 
  course 
  in 
  some 
  one 
  or 
  

   more 
  of 
  those 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  earth 
  which 
  are 
  

   genial 
  in 
  climate, 
  rich 
  in 
  natural 
  fruits, 
  and 
  

   capable 
  of 
  yielding 
  the 
  most 
  abundant 
  return 
  

   to 
  the 
  very 
  simplest 
  arts. 
  It 
  is 
  under 
  such 
  

   conditions 
  that 
  the 
  first 
  establishment 
  of 
  the 
  

   human 
  race 
  can 
  be 
  most 
  easily 
  understood 
  ; 
  

   nay, 
  it 
  is 
  under 
  such 
  conditions 
  only 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  

   conceivable 
  at 
  all. 
  And 
  as 
  these 
  are 
  the 
  con- 
  

   ditions 
  which 
  would 
  favour 
  the 
  first 
  establish- 
  

   ment, 
  and 
  the 
  most 
  rapid 
  increase 
  of 
  Man, 
  so 
  

   also 
  are 
  these 
  the 
  conditions 
  under 
  which 
  

   knowledge 
  would 
  most 
  rapidly 
  accumulate, 
  

  

  