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  ARGUMENT 
  FROM 
  IMPLEMENTS. 
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  ings 
  in 
  the 
  cave 
  to 
  diabolical 
  agency* 
  In 
  

   all 
  these 
  cases 
  we 
  have 
  direct 
  evidences 
  of 
  

   degradation 
  or 
  of 
  forgetfulness, 
  even 
  since 
  

   Man 
  first 
  reached 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  those 
  distant 
  

   Islands, 
  and 
  we 
  see 
  how 
  it 
  could 
  not 
  fail 
  to 
  

   be 
  so 
  under 
  the 
  known 
  effect 
  of 
  known 
  cause 
  

   upon 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  our 
  race. 
  

  

  And 
  now 
  we 
  can 
  better 
  estimate 
  the 
  value 
  

   to 
  be 
  set 
  on 
  the 
  arguments 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  

   founded 
  on 
  the 
  rude 
  * 
  implements 
  found 
  in 
  

   the 
  river 
  drifts 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  caves 
  of 
  northern 
  

   Europe. 
  I, 
  for 
  one, 
  accept 
  the 
  evidence 
  

   which 
  Geology 
  affords 
  that 
  these 
  implements 
  

   are 
  of 
  very 
  ancient 
  date. 
  I 
  accept 
  too 
  the 
  

   evidence 
  which 
  that 
  science 
  affords, 
  that 
  these 
  

   implements 
  were 
  in 
  all 
  probability 
  the 
  ice 
  

  

  * 
  " 
  Prehistoric 
  Times," 
  p. 
  348. 
  

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