Gunnison Valley News | 1928-01-12 | Page 2 | Reason and Instinct

Reason and Instinct The amount oi conscious reason that an ordinary man uses in his life, compared with the great unreason or blind impulse and Inborn tendency that impel him. Is like his artificial light compared with the light of day indispensable on special occasions, but a feeble matter, after all. Reason is an artificial light In the sense that It Is not one with the light of nature and In the sense that men possess It In varying degrees. The lower an! mals have only a gleam of it now and then. They are wise as the plants and trees are wise, and are guided by their Inborn tendencies. John Burroughs.