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Adam was the progenitor of the
white races only; and that before
the creation of Adam the Black Race
had been established in the continent
of Africa. He maintains that in
the Mosaic narrative, contrary to the
usual intrepretation, there are [crossed out] (clear)
clear indications of the existence of
pre-Adamite races: This theory
undoubtedly explains one pas-
sage in Genesis which seems
otherwise wholly unintelligible,
namely, that in which mention
is made of unions between the
"Sons of God" and the daugh-
ters of men. Our author affirms
that for the "Sons of God" we ought
to substitute as the true meaning
in the original "The Servants of
the gods" or in other words the ido-
latrous races of the world. In
like manner the daughters of
men should be translated
"the daughters of the
pre-Adamite"

Duke of Argyll's
Primeval Man