therefore possess a language, as we do.

2. That Human Beings have, in a very imperfect and rudimentary shape, the
faculty of reason.

3. _That Apes have descended from Men!_ In other words, that a Monkey is
only a highly-developed and more agile Man.

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These, no doubt, are startling conclusions, and I expect them to excite
controversy. In fact, an Ourang-Outang friend of mine, to whom I mentioned
them, was so shocked, that he has declined all nourishment ever since. But
I rely on the scientific spirit of this great society to do me justice; and
I venture to add a request that it will see fit to endow research by voting
an extra supply of apples and nuts to the Chimpanzees, the Anubis Baboon,
and myself, while we are at work on this very fatiguing field of inquiry.

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