ABSTRACT

WHETHER MAN CAN BE REGARDED AS AN EXCEPTION TO THE RULE IF THE DOCTRINE OF TRANSMUTATION BE EMBRACED FOR THE REST OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM—ZOOLOGICAL RELATIONS OF MAN TO OTHER MAMMALIA— SYSTEMS OF CLASSIFICATION—TERM QUADRUMANOUS, WHY DECEPTIVE—WHETHER THE STRUCTURE OF THE HUMAN BRAIN ENTITLES MAN TO FORM A DISTINCT SUB-CLASS OF THE MAMMALIA—INTELLIGENCE OF THE LOWER ANIMALS COMPARED TO THE INTELLECT AND REASON OF MAN—GROUNDS ON WHICH MAN HAS BEEN REFERRED TO A DISTINCT KINGDOM OF NATURE—IMMATERIAL PRINCIPLE COMMON TO MAN AND ANIMALS—NON-DISCOVERY OF INTERMEDIATE LINKS AMONG FOSSIL ANTHROPOMORPHOUS SPECIES— HALLAM ON THE COMPOUND NATURE OF MAN, AND HIS PLACE IN THE CREATION—GREAT INEQUALITY OF MENTAL ENDOWMENT IN DIFFERENT HUMAN RACES AND INDIVIDUALS DEVELOPED BY VARIATION AND ORDINARY GENERATION—HOW FAR A CORRESPONDING DIVERGENCE IN PHYSICAL STRUCTURE MAY RESULT FROM THE WORKING OF THE SAME CAUSES—CONCLUDING REMARKS.