Chap. II. 
MENTAL POWEKS. 
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accumulated knowledge . 56 As Sir J. Lubbock lias well 
observed, “ it is not too much to say that the horrible 
“ dread of unknown evil hangs like a thick cloud oyer 
“ savage life, and embitters every pleasure.’’ These 
miserable and indirect consequences of our highest 
faculties may be compared with the incidental and 
occasional mistakes of the instincts of the lower animals. 
56 ‘Prehistoric Times/ 2nd edit. p. 571. In this work (at p. 553) 
there will be found an excellent account of the many strange and 
capricious customs of savages. 
