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PRIMEVAL MAN:
AN EXAMINATION OF SOME RECENT SPECULALATIONS.
BY THE DUKE OF ARGYLL.
CONTENTS.
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PART I. INTRODUCTORY.
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PART II. THE ORIGIN OF MAN.
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PART III. THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN.
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PART IV. MAN'S PRIMITIVE CONDITION.
Opinions of the Press.
"In the delicate function of mediating
between the antagonistic tendencies
of scientific and religious
thought, the Duke of Argyll stands
without a rival. Keenly alive to the
results of modern research, and not
less heartily persuaded of the truths
of revealed religion he grasps the
mutual relations of these two departments
with an evenness of judgment
that makes him something more than
a mere theologian or man of science.
No writer of the present day combines
such accurate and varied scientific
culture with religious convictions
so unaffected and intelligent.
. . . We have given a meagre outline
of a book which deserves to be
carefully read by all who would keep
abreast of the leading tendencies of
the time. It does much to set a difficult
question in a more satisfactory
light, but it does even better than
this in furnishing a most admirable
example of the temper in which such
discussions should be conducted. If
the cause of revealed truth had more
defenders like the Duke of Argyll,
we should hear less of the growing
scepticism of men of science. He is,
himself, a striking illustration of the
entire compatibility of Christian faith
with scientific culture.''—The Living
Church.
"Will doubtless long continue to
command the respect of the best
scholars of the day.—Detroit Free
Press.
"The author of this work is doubtless
one of the ablest thinkers in
Europe. . .. It has to deal with
questions which touch upon the profoundest
problems of our nature and
of our history, and is altogether a
very interesting and instructive work
—one that all may read with profit.''
—Scientific American.
"This volume is perhaps the most
clear, graceful, pointed, and precise
piece of ethical reasoning published
for a quarter of a century. . . . .
The book is worthy a place in every
library as skilfully popularizing
science, and yet sacrificing nothing
either of its dignity or of its
usefulness.''—London Noncomformist.
"This book shows great knowledge,
unusual command of language,
and a true sense of the value of
arguments. . . . It may be questioned
and even confuted in some points,
without losing any of its claims as a
candid, clear, and high-minded
discussion.''—Pall Mall Gazette.
"The style of his Grace (to say
nothing here of his thought, of which
others have spoken words of admiration
certainly not too strong) often
runs into poetry; and it has everywhere
that indescribable not-too-muchness
which is always the cachet
of high-class work.''—London Illustrated
Times.
