| Show B V DOINGS intelligence OP OF th this u forcad the thome ot of a lecture r bontly delivered in the iha 13 Y acrid acad AI hy prof irot jas 11 talmage as the khrt of a evries of loo Lurea Lutes on oa popular lind topics to be ba given by of u the faculty and others ii tho advanced titu danta td at early calp it is IH vasy pasy to say thal animals have hav no intelligence no mind lut but this can nut not by be proved careful and intelligent study will weal reveal tho the fact that there is a closer connection between the mind of 0 man and that of ct the low or er animals than w we 0 a at tar first j 8 tim imagined agines and vill rill show that it is not det detrant ing from the glory of man to give animals credit for or it having a aag rome boma noble qualities it if men have bava cities laws and certain well ordered eng cn toms so 0 o have animals As art an ins instance look lit at tho the ant even those thosa wit who 3 hold that an all animal is a more mere machine do not dot have the same flame fond likings for costly watches they do for dogs or horses horse in ma manthe the power which enables him to order his affairs for the tha besk beat is called reason in animals animal 8 instinct the wise visa man said put pat ye your solve in league with the beasts of the field and they shall teach thee it ac men would study the animal more closely they would be prepared to speak intelligently on a subject of great importance the body is controlled by the tha mind and moves as the mind directs direct this is called will power an act per formed maby many times is done dona without much thinking and is noon called a habit by performing it more it is i done without any apparent effort and is said laid to be ba instinctively performed instinct is an inborn tendency to do anything or an action of the mind which wo we cannot control some men seek to excuse their vices under th the 8 PIGS of inborn weaknesses but bu t however strong these may be they are but tendencies and can be ba lived down down animals have inborn tendon ci cies es to do certain things some eonia call litis ibis instinct ina others lapsed intelligence but chickens have been raised where their feet never cover touched sand and they never scratched parrots 1 which bieh always lived on seeds have been known to change their diet and live a on n most cattle have hava thrived on fish horses have eaten chickens for fear of 0 being killed the rabbit a and n d beaver are solitary animals oam elimas the burrow is made in a place of treat great danger and the beav ers era dam is is constructed in a very poor place birds have been known to a bandon abandon their halt finished nests which were growing too close and build afresh flies have bays deposited their eggs on leaves which smelled like decaying meat though such a mistake would would prove fatal faial to their progeny birds try to drink nt at bits of sparkling glass not art an unerring guide among arno D g tho low er animals the ant has a most moat re aar kable mind the laws cui customs toms aud and habits of 0 this interesting crea ture show much wisdom the method of laboring the tha arrangement of the nests nest with their streets and CR CM the gathering and storing of grain all exhibit remarkable judgment and skill the aphides or plant I 1 lice io are care carefully fully guarded by the ants an and d furnish their owners honey dew as cows provide i us ua with milk no aman ever tended his cattle more carefully than do tha abil ants their cows to study the ant carefully will c car or repay any thoughtful person borao animals have endur endured ad pain filauri ful surgical cal operations opera tiona with stoical patience knowing they would receive benefits elie fits from their sufferings Buffe rings A m elephant held her infant down while its wounds were being dressed and another took a stick and rubbed off a leech from apart a part of hia big body that the ho trunk could not reach Alan keya will get up on it a chair and open the do orand after learning I hammer hackmer will always 1 use il forr for cracking nuts ants they will keep heap tae hemmer hammer rai and nuts in a truck which whick they will look and un an ook lock at pla pl asure the tha lecture was replete with well authenticated proving the tb points advanced ta in this I 1 wiy way it was waif clearly cf early shown that animals fool feel the neu ensa of sympathy sorrow pride emulation revenge shame i justice notice humor beauty and right and wrong T the noble qualities in in animals differ fer from those in in mm man more mor 9 in degree defor than la in kind in bonito some special certain animals surpass Ir men honcan how can mij migratory birds lad an and fish travel hundreds 61 01 miles to their summer and their winter homes hollies with 00 out chart or 7 compani compas orthe or the carrier pigeon mike make his big long journeys with uch such exactness what mysterious ions power n sio enables nables the dog to follow his track or the hound boand to detect the of jodianis and wild they may not be in conail Co e ri n g the tha wonderful structure of the insects eyes and ears wa lacal aboy live in a worlin chosa wonderful flight and harmonies may equal 1 II 11 f not 5 burgaas Bur arpasi those of 61 which we are cog nazant prest young wisely said men would have to pay every debt he ha owed to r animals should be ba treated kindly and looked upon more mora as companions companion than slaves they are the legitimate servants ot of man but they have rights right and man if he be hopes to reap justice and mercy for disown hia own acts must extend grac graces i es to bis big d 0 H amur ALLIN sooy |
