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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
107
To
reason
is
to
think
methodically
and
to
judge
from
attending
facts.
When
a
monkey
examines
the
situation
and
acts
in
accordance
with
the
facts,
doing
a
certain
thing
with
the
evident
purpose
of
accomplishing
a
certain
end,
in
what
respect
is
this
not
reason?
When
a
monkey
remembers
a
thing
which
has
passed
and
anticipates
a
thing
which
is
to
come;
when
he
has
learned
a
thing
by
experience
which
he
avoids
through
memory
and
the
apprehension
of
its
recurrence,
is
it
instinct
that
guides
his
conduct?
When
a
monkey
shows
clearly
by
his
actions
that
he
is
aware
of
the
relation
between
cause
and
effect,
and
acts
in
accordance
therewith,
is
it
instinct
or
reason
that
guides
him?
If
there
be
a
point
in
the
order
of
Nature
where
reason
became
an
acquired
faculty,
it
is
somewhere
far
below
the
plane
occupied
by
monkeys.
Their
power
of
reasoning
is
far
inferior
to
that
of
man,
but
not
more
so
than
their
power
of
thinking
and
expression;
but
a
faculty
does
not
lose
its
identity
by
reason
of
its
feebleness.
When
the
same
causes
under
the
same
conditions
prompt
man
and
ape
alike
to
do
the
same
act
in
the
same
way,
looking
forward
to
the
same
results,
I
cannot
understand
why
the
motive
of
the
one
should
be
called
reason,
and
that
of
the
other
called
instinct.
Scholars
have
tried
so
hard
to
keep
the
peace
between
theology
and
themselves,
that
they
have
explained
things
in
accordance
with
accepted
belief
in
order
that
they
might
not
incur
the
charge
of
heresy.
To
this
end
they
have
reconciled
the
two
extremes
by
ignoring
the
means,
and
making
a
distinction
without
a
difference
on
which
to
found
it.
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