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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
104
[Sidenote:
DARWIN'S
PROFOUND
WORK]
Darwin
has
given
to
the
world
the
most
profound
and
conscientious
work,
and
from
the
chaos
and
confusion
of
human
ignorance
and
bigotry
has
erected
the
most
sublime
monuments
of
thought
and
truth.
It
does
not
detract
from
his
character
and
honesty,
nor
lessen
the
value
of
his
labours,
to
admit
that
he
may
have
been
mistaken
in
some
conclusions
which
he
deduced
from
the
great
store
of
facts
at
his
command.
It
is
not
the
purpose
of
this
work,
however,
to
enter
into
a
discussion
of
any
theory
aside
from
speech
and
its
possible
origin
and
growth,
but
all
subjects
pertaining
to
life,
thought,
and
the
modes
of
living
and
thinking,
must
contribute
in
some
degree
to
a
clear
understanding
of
the
subject
in
hand.
[Sidenote:
DARWIN'S
SIN
OF
OMISSION]
It
has
been
a
matter
of
surprise
to
me
that
so
careful
and
observant
a
man
as
Mr.
Darwin
should
have
so
nearly
omitted
the
question
of
speech
from
a
work
of
such
ample
scope,
such
minute
detail,
and
such
infinite
care
as
characterises
the
"Descent
of
Man,"
and
such
like
works.
But
science
will
cheerfully
forgive
an
error,
and
pardon
the
sin
of
omission
in
one
who
has
given
to
the
world
so
much
good.
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