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THESE two works possess some points in common. Neither of their authors accept Darwinism in its entirety, the former absolutely rejecting it. They both treat of the relations of man to the lower animals, and both find the chasm of the human mental and moral phenomena the great drawback against bringing man into the same category with the apes. The manner in which the subject is treated, and the facts however not the same, while the results arrived at are very different, as will be seen from the following remarks
The Story of the Earth and Man.
By J. W. Dawson (Hodder and Stoughton.)
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The Story of the Earth and Man . Nature 9, 180–181 (1874). https://doi.org/10.1038/009180a0
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