ent, and has not
been doubtful any time these thirty years. Without question, the
mode of origin, and the early stages of the development of man
are identical with those of animals immediately below him in the
scale; without doubt, in these respects, he is far nearer the
apes than the apes are to the dog."

Then, on lines with which, by continuous repetition and expansion by
authors subsequent to him, we have now become familiar, Huxley
compared, stage by stage, the development of man with that of other
animals, and shewed, first, its essential similarity, and then that in
every case where it departed from the development of the dog it
resembled more closely the development of the ape. He went on to
review the anatomy of man:

"Thus, identical in the physical processes by which he
originates,--identical, in the early stages of his
formation--identical in the mode of his nutrition before and
after birth, with the animals which lie immediately below him in
the scale,--Man, if his adult and perfect structure be compared
with theirs exhibits, as might be expected, a marvellous likeness
of organisation. He resembles them as they resemble one
another--he differs from, them as they differ from one another.
And, though these differences cannot be weighed and measured,
their value may be readily estimated; the scale or standard of
judgment, touching that value, being afforded and expressed by
the system of classification of animals now current among
zooelogists."

Having explained the general system of zooelogical classification, he
tried to dispel preliminary prejudice by inducing his readers or
bearers to take an outside view of themselves.

"Let us endeavour for a moment to disconnect our thinking selves
from the mask of humanity; let us imagine ourselves scientific
Saturnians, if you will, fairly acquainted with such animals as
now inhabit the earth, and employed in discussing the relations
they bear to a new and singular 'erect and featherless biped,'
which some enterprising traveller, overcoming the difficulties of
space and gravitation, has brought from that distant planet for
our inspection, well preserved, may be, in a cask of rum. We
should all, at once, agree upon placing him among the mammalian
vertebrates; and his lower jaw, his molars, and his brain, would
leave no r