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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
116
He
did
not
invent
thought,
the
thing
which
speech
expresses,
and
it
is
no
more
reasonable
to
believe
that
he
invented
speech
than
to
believe
that
he
invented
the
faculties
of
sight
and
hearing,
which
are
certainly
the
natural
products
of
his
organic
nature
and
environments.
So
far
as
I
can
find
through
the
whole
range
of
animal
life,
all
forms
of
land
mammals
possess
vocal
organs
which
are
developed
in
a
degree
corresponding
to
the
condition
of
the
brain,
and
seem
to
be
in
every
instance
as
capable
of
producing
and
controlling
sounds
as
the
brain
is
of
thinking:
in
other
words,
the
power
of
expression
is
in
perfect
keeping
with
the
power
of
thinking.
From
my
acquaintance
with
the
animal
kingdom,
it
is
my
firm
belief
that
all
mammals
possess
the
faculty
of
speech
in
a
degree
commensurate
with
their
experience
and
needs,
and
that
domestic
animals
have
a
somewhat
higher
type
of
speech
than
their
wild
progenitors.
Why
are
all
forms
of
mammals
endowed
with
vocal
organs?
Why
should
Nature
bestow
on
them
these
organs
if
not
designed
for
use?
One
or
the
other
of
two
conclusions
seems
inevitable.
As
a
law
of
evolution
and
progress,
all
organs
are
imparted
to
animals
for
use
and
not
for
ornament.
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