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man of to-day, before whom the wild beasts of the caves and the 
forests have disappeared, some for ever, others only to be found 
again far from the daily haunts of man. Thus may we trace 
out the stages of human progress. “ Man alone,” says Professor 
Nilsson, 4£ can make progress ; he alone can throw aside his 
first rude weapons, alter them according to his improved culti- 
vation and more refined activity. Man, that he might become 
the most powerful, was made at first the weakest. Through 
that alone he was induced to develop his higher talents, for it 
was not by bodily strength but by the power of the mind that 
he was to be the king and lord of the earth.” 
