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  on 
  " 
  Prehistoric 
  Man/' 
  speaking 
  of 
  the 
  savage, 
  

   he 
  says,* 
  "Thus 
  his 
  life 
  is 
  one 
  prolonged 
  

   scene 
  of 
  selfishness 
  and 
  fear 
  ; 
  even 
  in 
  his 
  

   religion, 
  if 
  he 
  has 
  any, 
  he 
  creates 
  for 
  himself 
  

   a 
  new 
  source 
  of 
  terror, 
  and 
  peoples 
  the 
  ivorld 
  

   with 
  invisible 
  enemies? 
  Yes, 
  and 
  this 
  is 
  

   mildly 
  stated. 
  The 
  most 
  cruel 
  and 
  savage 
  

   customs 
  in 
  the 
  world 
  are 
  the 
  direct 
  effect 
  

   of 
  its 
  "religions." 
  And 
  if 
  men 
  could 
  drop 
  

   religions 
  when 
  they 
  would, 
  or 
  if 
  they 
  could 
  

   even 
  form 
  the 
  wish 
  to 
  get 
  rid 
  of 
  those 
  which 
  

   sit 
  like 
  a 
  nightmare 
  on 
  their 
  life, 
  there 
  would 
  

   be 
  many 
  more 
  nations 
  without 
  a 
  "religion" 
  

   than 
  there 
  are 
  found 
  to 
  be. 
  But 
  religions 
  

   can 
  neither 
  be 
  put 
  on 
  nor 
  cast 
  off 
  like 
  

   garments, 
  according 
  to 
  their 
  utility, 
  or 
  ac- 
  

  

  * 
  P. 
  484.; 
  

  

  