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  PRIMEVAL 
  MAN. 
  

  

  to 
  the 
  hopes 
  and 
  fears 
  of 
  men, 
  it 
  takes 
  so 
  

   deep 
  a 
  hold 
  on 
  most 
  minds, 
  it 
  is 
  so 
  great 
  a 
  

   consolation 
  in 
  times 
  of 
  sorrow, 
  and 
  sickness, 
  

   that 
  I 
  can 
  hardly 
  think 
  any 
  nation 
  would 
  

   ever 
  abandon 
  it 
  altogether." 
  There 
  are 
  two 
  

   obvious 
  replies 
  to 
  such 
  reasoning: 
  the 
  first 
  

   is, 
  that 
  many 
  false 
  religions 
  do 
  not 
  answer 
  

   to 
  this 
  description 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  regards 
  their 
  

   self-recommending 
  and 
  consoling 
  power 
  ; 
  the 
  

   second 
  is, 
  that 
  neither 
  does 
  true 
  religion 
  

   answer 
  this 
  description 
  to 
  those 
  who 
  are 
  

   corrupt 
  and 
  vicious. 
  Belief 
  in 
  a 
  God 
  who 
  is 
  

   u 
  of 
  purer 
  eyes 
  than 
  to 
  behold 
  iniquity 
  " 
  is 
  

   a 
  belief 
  which 
  bad 
  men 
  may 
  not 
  have 
  liked 
  

   to 
  -cherish. 
  As 
  regards 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  these 
  

   two 
  replies, 
  Sir 
  J. 
  Lubbock 
  himself 
  bears 
  

   emphatic 
  testimony 
  to 
  its 
  force. 
  In 
  his 
  work 
  

  

  