ABSTRACT
The intellectual revolution of the nineteenth century has transformed the conception of history in much the same manner as the intellectual revolution of the seventeenth century changed that of the cosmic universe. The revelation of the eternal standards of truth and good were to be sought in what were deemed the most ancient human records. The protohuman races stood higher than any anthropoid race, yet fell short in many respects of human characters. The power of speech, for instance, was slow in developing; it was lacking in races that may otherwise be accounted human. The blunt disclosure of human origins was, like the discovery of the starry heavens, accounted an intolerable affront to human dignity. The prodigy of mankind’s emergence is repeated in every step of the age-long process whereby the human world has been wrested from brutality and savagery.
