2.--Man has emerged from the savage state to civilized life; he
has gradually perfected his tools and his ornaments from the
awkward axe of flint and the necklace of bears' teeth to iron
swords and jewels of gold. The roughest instruments are the
oldest.

3.--Man has made more and more rapid progress. Each age has been
shorter than its predecessor.


FOOTNOTES:

[1] It originated especially with French, Swiss, and scholars.

[2] According to Lubbock (Prehistoric Times, N.Y., 1890, p. 212) the
reindeer was not known to the Second Stone Age.--ED.




CHAPTER II

HISTORY AND THE RECORDS

HISTORY


=Legends.=--The most ancient records of people and their doings are
transmitted by oral tradition. They are recited long before they are