extensively, and if all the people had done nothing but throw stones at each 
other, there would not have been more of these stones than there are. 
(Laughter.) As to Dr. Haughton, he seemed to doubt whether human flesh 
was or was not wholesome food. I was referring to Mr. Pritchard’s testi- 
mony in a memoir read before the Anthropological Society, which showed 
that this food did invariably disagree with those who ate it, and then 
they had to go to the medicine-man. Then as to the domestication of 
wild animals, Dr. Gray, of the British Museum, who is one of the best of 
living authorities on the subject, has said that he did not think a wild 
animal or plant had ever become domesticated. If Dr. Haughton can give 
us a case to the contrary, I will confess myself wrong. As to Dr. Freke’s 
anticipation of Darwinism., the distinctive point of Darwinism is the 
theory of natural selection, which I have already shown to be as old as 
Lucretius. Even the modern protoplasm is not new, for the old theorists 
had a protoplasm from which everything was made out of mud. Mr. Graham’s 
remarks are very valuable, but I have touched upon them in previous papers. 
The whole evidence is in favour of Mr. Graham and against Sir John 
Lubbock. With regard to Mr. Row’s observation as to the great gap 
between men and animals — supposing the Darwinian theory to be true — 
the question has been discussed, and the Darwinians are very ingenious 
upon it. Mr. Wallace, the alter ego of Mr. Darwin, discussed the question 
before the Anthropological Society, and said that as man had reached such a 
high condition the law of natural selection did not apply to him. 
The Chairman. — But does it not apply in the case of the monkey, which 
is developed into man ? (Laughter.) 
Mr. Reddie. — It ceased after man was developed ; and I remember a per- 
tinent remark of Dr. Hunt’s on the occasion I have alluded to. He said 
what a poor natural law it must be, if it was such that a man could thus 
entirely upset it. (Laughter.) It is contrary to all our notions of a natural 
law. As to the superiority of the Greeks to all other peoples, I should be 
inclined to question that. We have had the Greek literature well preserved 
for us ; but if we had had the Sanscrit and older literature as well preserved, 
perhaps we might have found as large a proportion of able writers. 
Mr. Row. — I said in any population of equal size. 
Mr. Reddie. — Well, if we had the same means of judging, the result might 
be the same. It has already been shown that three-fourths of the myths of 
the Greek historians were really copies from older works, and I would give 
credit to their originators as having the highest intellect. I would not even 
concede that there was not as great a proportion of intellectual power among 
the Hebrews as amongst the Greeks ; and most certainly we must so conclude 
if entitled to reckon the wonderful poetry and precepts of the Holy Scrip- 
tures as we would estimate the merits of any other book. I have now only 
to thank you again for the kind attention which you have given to my paper 
and your very lenient criticism. 
The Meeting was then adjourned. 
