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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
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CHAPTER
XV.
Man
and
Ape--Their
Physical
Relations--Their
Mental
Relations--Evolution
was
the
Means--Who
was
the
Progenitor
of
the
Ape?--The
Scale
of
Life.
If
we
could
free
our
hands
from
the
manacles
of
tradition
and
stand
aloof
from
our
prejudices,
and
look
the
stern
facts
in
the
face,
we
should
be
compelled
to
admit
that
between
man
and
ape
there
is
such
a
unity
of
design,
structure
and
function,
that
we
dare
not
in
the
light
of
reason
deny
to
the
ape
that
rank
in
Nature
to
which
he
is
assigned
by
virtue
of
these
facts.
Physiologically,
there
is
no
hiatus
between
man
and
ape
which
may
not
be
spanned
by
such
evidence
as
would
be
admitted
under
the
strictest
rules
of
interpretation.
We
may
briefly
compare
these
two
creatures
in
a
broad
and
general
way,
so
that
the
unscientific
and
casual
reader
may
comprehend.
[Sidenote:
MAN
AND
APE]
The
skeleton
of
man
is
only
the
polished
structure
of
which
that
of
the
ape
is
the
rough
model.
The
identity
of
the
two,
part
by
part,
is
as
much
the
same
as
the
light
sulky
is
the
outgrowth
of
the
massive
framework
of
the
old-time
cart.
Whether
man
and
ape
are
related
by
any
ties
of
blood
or
not,
it
is
evident
that
they
were
modelled
on
the
same
plan,
provided
with
the
same
means,
and
designed
for
like
purposes,
whatever
they
may
be.
The
organs
of
sensation
and
the
functions
which
they
discharge
are
the
same
in
both,
and
the
same
external
forces
addressing
themselves
thereto
produce
the
same
results.
I
do
not
mean
to
say
that
the
same
organ
in
each
is
developed
in
the
same
degree
as
that
in
the
other,
for
this
is
not
the
case
even
in
different
individuals
of
the
same
kind.
In
the
muscular
system
of
the
one
is
found
an
exact
duplicate
of
the
other,
except
in
such
slight
changes
of
model
as
will
better
adapt
the
parts
to
those
conditions
of
life
under
which
the
animal
having
them
may
be
placed,
and
through
the
whole
physical
structure
of
both
we
find
that
unity
of
part
and
purpose
in
structure
and
function,
in
bone,
muscle,
nerve,
and
brain.
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