Man's place in nature, and other anthropological essays (1890) (14777206741)

Identifier: mansplaceinnatur02huxl (find matches)
Title: Man's place in nature, and other anthropological essays
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895
Subjects: Human beings Apes Ethnology Indo-Aryans
Publisher: New York, Hurst and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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72 MANS PLACE IN NATURE. II. ON THE RELATIONS OF MAN TO THELOWER ANIMALS. Miiltis videri poterit, majorem esse differentiam Simiae et Hom-inis, qiiam diei et noctis; verum tamen hi, comparationeinstituta inter summos Europa? Heroes et Hottentottes adCaput bonse spei degentes, difRcillime sibi persuadebunt,has eosdem habere natales; vel si virginem nobilem auli-cam maxime comtam et hiimanissimam, conferre vellentcum homine sylvestri et sibi relicto, vix augurari possent,hunc et illam ejusdem esse speciei.—Linnwi AmwnitatesAcad. Anthropomorpha. The question of questions for mankind—tlie problemwhich underlies all others, and is more deeply inter-esting than any other—is the ascertainment of the placewhich Man occupies in nature and of his relations to theuniverse of things. Whence our race has come; whatare the limits of our power over nature, and of naturespower over us; to what goal w^e are tending; are theproblems which present themselves anew and withundiminished interest to e