An exposition of fallacies in the hypothesis of MrDarwin . theapes, but there is one statement much relied upon byMr. Huxley which requires some explanation, viz.,that there is more difference between the highest apesand the lowest of the Quadrumana than there isbetween man and the highest apes. Now I give a section of the skull of the lemur,after Huxley himself, and a similar section of theskulls of the gorilla and an Australian, the lowesthuman skull, after Owen. In a moment it is renderedevident that, as regards the size of the brain, his state-ment is not correct. And size of brain is the
An exposition of fallacies in the hypothesis of MrDarwin . theapes, but there is one statement much relied upon byMr. Huxley which requires some explanation, viz.,that there is more difference between the highest apesand the lowest of the Quadrumana than there isbetween man and the highest apes. Now I give a section of the skull of the lemur,after Huxley himself, and a similar section of theskulls of the gorilla and an Australian, the lowesthuman skull, after Owen. In a moment it is renderedevident that, as regards the size of the brain, his state-ment is not correct. And size of brain is the chiefand all-important distinction between man and is the difference between reasoning man and thebrute, as shown by the organ of reason itself. may point out analogies and homologies in theanatomical details which bring the organic structureof the two forms very close to each other; but PROFESSOR HUXLEY. 279 these are merely means to the same end which areadopted to suit different modes of life and ^circum-stances of existence. /^^.
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