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  CORRUPTION 
  A 
  FACT. 
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  natural 
  history 
  of 
  Man 
  as 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  a 
  Biped 
  

   without 
  feathers. 
  It 
  is 
  entirely 
  independent 
  

   of 
  any 
  belief, 
  or 
  any 
  theory 
  as 
  to 
  Man's 
  

   original 
  condition. 
  Sir 
  J. 
  Lubbock's 
  argu- 
  

   ment 
  implies 
  that 
  the 
  tribes, 
  if 
  such 
  there 
  be, 
  

   (which, 
  by 
  the 
  way, 
  is 
  extremely 
  doubtful) 
  

   who 
  are 
  not 
  known 
  to 
  have 
  any 
  ideas 
  

   at 
  all 
  in 
  respect 
  to 
  spiritual 
  beings 
  or 
  to 
  

   another 
  world, 
  are 
  in 
  a 
  lower 
  condition 
  than 
  

   tribes 
  which 
  have 
  a 
  "religion," 
  however 
  cruel 
  

   and 
  horrible 
  its 
  rites 
  may 
  be. 
  According 
  to 
  

   this 
  theory, 
  even 
  devil-worship 
  would 
  be 
  a 
  

   step 
  in 
  ascent 
  towards 
  "civilization" 
  from 
  

   the 
  " 
  utter 
  barbarism 
  " 
  of 
  Primeval 
  Man. 
  But 
  

   this 
  is 
  a 
  theory 
  as 
  contrary 
  to 
  reason 
  as 
  it 
  

   is 
  contrary 
  to 
  all 
  the 
  evidence 
  we 
  have 
  on 
  

   the 
  history 
  of 
  Man. 
  The 
  farther 
  we 
  go 
  back 
  

  

  