Indeed I have never found that in the matter of manual labor Adam was in any wise noted.

The naming of the animals was a purely intellectual achievement, and while, of course, he was the provider when it came to getting in the food supply, I have never observed that any man yet created ever regarded a day on a trout stream with a fly and a rod, or a chase through the forest after a venison steak, or a partridge, as in any way even remotely resembling work.

On the contrary Adam lived the life of a Naturalist and a Nimrod, while Eve faithfully did the chores.

It was inevitable then that the children when they first came along, should be allowed to grow wild, to associate with their inferiors, and to become confirmed in habits that were deplorable and reprehensible.

I am entering upon no defense of my Uncle Cain.