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21. The new evidence proved to confirm the theory.
22. Facts that seem insignificant at first often prove later to be of vital importance.
23. From 1580—1596 appeared the plays which may be said to represent the second stage of the Drama.
24. It is very probable that other deposits of the same nature will be found in the neighbouring territory close to the same ancient lake. This seems to be indicated by the remains of fossil animals recently discovered near Ambrona.
25. The French Revolution, which may be said to have begun with the Fall of the Bastille in 1789, was the outcome of centuries of oppression in France; and the ideas of reform were in the air long before its actual outbreak.
26. Human beings likely to have had the power of speech go as far back as history can trace them.
27. There seemed to be much in common between the two classes of objects, but there didn‘t appear to be evidence enough to prove that they had been of the same origin.
28. Now let us turn to the words said to have taken their origin in Latin. First, they are unlikely to have come to the language at the same time.
29. The Chinese language is not supposed to have any connection with the languages of the West. But there appear to exist many Chinese borrowings in the western languages.
30. Animals, while they can make certain limited sounds and at times give them certain limited meanings, cannot be said to possess speech in the same sense that humans possess it.