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Show MinlentV Socirt). At the Latter-day Halilta' College, latt evening, the Btudeutt' aoclety hel 1 llsutual eiitlon, Initructor J.J, Walton Wal-ton prctldlng. After Invocation the chairman In trodund Prof. J. 1. Talmtgo at thu lecturer, eubjectt "Animal Intelll genie." Tho lecturer raid that the relation of man to the brute criatloa la atheme which should claim our ear neat attention, and l understood by all. Thero la n dlveralty of opinion with mi-rct to the proper poiltlon oc cuplid by thn hrutea in the rrnle of liitilllgenci, eomo believing that an Imala'iOBSru to a uonlurful degrt-eo UiIb Clod-glveu gift, while otbera laugh toecoriiBuili anldcnand my that It Ii nothing more nor hit thou Inttlnct. Driirter, who lived lu the seventeenth ceutur), eald that an animal wai no. thing more thin a machine In which Ita Innate tendencies, or Instinct, promt ted lie actlona mtchaulcally, as It u re. When ho was oiled how wai It that lu tho fall of Ihe yiarblrdi migrated to uarraercllmei, lie pointed to tho dock nnd argued that though that pleie of mechanism naa Inanimate, and represented only tho handiwork And Ingiuulty of intu, t could determine the lime will, much grestcr accuracy than Its cnalor, al Ihuugh reeliig no lntlnct nor In telllg, nre, Intimating of course, that An tho clock trrforme Ita duty inrchAntc ally, an aim do tho birds migrate, brim br-im promoted by Inatinct Irreeinicti vo of any lotelllgeure which they ikimim. Tho svoaker for eomo length sia,ke upnn the absurdity of sucti a atAti-mint atAti-mint and I relight forth evUrnia which dlrllcd thn Idia that animals weredevold of Intelllgenci , and knew Aught save that which. Instinct taught them, if Instlnttls all thst .'ovinia tl,e actions of birds, why It It that the IderotiKCittilulhlUtur nests tlian the yoiingeroncs? l.itrletiieniikti ilicllon among nnlniAla at It dies among men. 'I ho a arrow makts a domed nest when It lulldaone out of dot re that tbe tgga and tbe lltt'n ones might bo rotectci from tho hent or Inclement wentber, but, If constructed betiealh the eivis, or in a bard, tho nest la Invarlsbly ivlthcut a dome, for they rrallro that that they are not exsed to the weather. litis, If they be pnsented with cells In their lilws, will Iramcll atily stop tho woik of constructing new cells, and begin t once to fill with houey thn newly risonted cells. Why should tluy abandon tho call building? la It berausu Instinct prompted them? No, but rather be causj they know that tho entity rtllt should be lilted before Utglnnltigtu nukootheriells, for It U their licy togather honey while tha sun shines 'I he stork family, which Inhabit tbe southern art of J.urore and the horlmjn rt of Africa wcro mentioned men-tioned at taking for their tnlgratljna across the MndllerrAiieal, alwajrs one uffour distinct ruult. J.xamplee ol the Ingenuity, the ocr lf Imitation, ' Joy gtlef, 'ear, fortitude, lympalhy, Jealousy, einulatlog, ride, reproach, disdain, revi;ige, shame, bumor, Justice, Jus-tice, and tho knowledge of right and wrong as exhlbltid lu animate wero full eieini tilled ly quotations from eminent authors and nurrAltont of tho lsonal ex lierlencw of the spenkera. I n cunduatou he said, (lod has endowed every otject of Ilia creation with that iitgreoot intelligence And lower that la necraury loadat tit to tn .nroto for which It was crealvd. Tho till u-lotls u-lotls have a sulllclency of tills gift to enable them to chooio for Ihimaahcs auch food At la called fur by tbelr ays Urns, and to discard such nt would te Injurious to them. The fishes of the deep, and lu short, all Anlrnatid btlogt of Hod's creation are invested with piwerAud Ihlclllgeuf by their criAtor to that degree de-gree aa to enable them to carry out their partof tho great programme of theOodaand to fill fully tha measure of their being. After the lecture a recitation, entitled en-titled the "Matlnsr's Dream," was ii Icily rendered by Mist Hull. Jones. Tho mietlng then adjourned tot ono wetk. |
