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  necessity 
  and 
  a 
  delight. 
  But 
  I 
  set 
  still 
  less 
  

   value 
  on 
  the 
  arguments 
  of 
  Sir 
  J. 
  Lubbock, 
  

   that 
  Primeval 
  Man 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  born 
  in 
  

   a 
  state 
  of 
  "utter 
  barbarism," 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  

   that 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  actual 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  

   outcasts 
  of 
  our 
  race, 
  or 
  that 
  industrial 
  know- 
  

   ledge 
  has 
  advanced 
  from 
  small 
  beginnings, 
  

   or 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  traces 
  of 
  rude 
  customs 
  

   among 
  many 
  nations 
  now 
  highly 
  civilized. 
  

   None 
  of 
  these 
  arguments 
  afford 
  any 
  proof 
  

   whatever, 
  or 
  even 
  any 
  reasonable 
  presumption, 
  

   in 
  favour 
  of 
  the 
  conclusion 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  

   employed 
  to 
  support 
  : 
  first, 
  because 
  along 
  

   with 
  a 
  complete 
  ignorance 
  of 
  the 
  Arts 
  it 
  is 
  

   quite 
  possible 
  that 
  there 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  

   higher 
  knowledge 
  of 
  God, 
  and 
  a 
  closer 
  

   communion 
  with 
  Him 
  ; 
  secondly, 
  because 
  

  

  