Contributions to the theory of natural selection. A series of essays ... By Alfred Russel Wallace ...

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severe struggle he has to carry on against nature and
his fellow-man. Yet the rudiments of all these powers
and feelings undoubtedly exist in him, since one or
other of them frequently manifest themselves in exceptional cases, or when some special circumstances
call them forth. Some tribes, such as the Santals,
are remarkable for as pure a love of truth as the most
moral among civilized men. The Hindoo and the
Polynesian have a high artistic feeling, the first traces
of which are clearly visible in the rude drawings of
the palmolithic men who were the contemporaries in
France of the Reindeer and the 3Mammoth. Instances
of unselfish love, of true gratitude, and of deep religious feeling, sometimes occur among most savage
races.
On the whole, then, we may conclude, that the general
moral and intellectual development of the savage, is
not less removed from that of civilized man than has
been shown to be the case in the one department
of mathematics; and from the fact that all the moral
and intellectual faculties do occasionally manifest themselves, we may fairly conclude that they are always
latent, and that the large brain of the savage man is
much beyond his actual requirements in the savage
state.
Intellect of Savages and of Animals com2pared.-Let
us now compare the intellectual wants of the savage,
and the actual amount of intellect he exhibits, with
those of the higher animals. Such races as the
Andaman Islanders, the Australians, and the Taslna