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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
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CHAPTER
XX.
Life
and
Consciousness--Consciousness
and
Emotion--Emotion
and
Thought--Thought
and
Expression--Expression
and
Speech--The
Vocal
Organs
and
Sound--Speech
in
City
and
Country--Music,
Passions,
and
Taste--Life
and
Reason.
At
the
beginning
of
life
there
is
a
consciousness
which
is
not
more
feeble
than
is
the
life
with
which
it
is
associated;
and
as
that
spark
of
life
kindles
into
a
flame,
so
that
spark
of
consciousness
kindles
into
the
"ego,"
and
nowhere
can
a
line
be
drawn
at
which
it
may
be
said
"here
consciousness
first
intercepted
life."
But
as
the
living
form
develops
organs
and
members,
through
the
agency
of
the
vital
force,
whatever
that
may
be,
so
consciousness
develops
into
desires,
emotion
and
thought.
Where
shall
the
line
be
drawn
which
separates
these
attributes?
Standing
in
the
centre,
we
look
around
and
see
the
horizon
touching
the
plain
on
every
side,
and
this
appears
to
us
as
a
great
circle,
the
centre
of
which
is
always
occupied
by
the
observer,
and
from
our
standpoint
we
imagine
that
everything
between
us
and
that
horizon
must
be
that
distance
from
the
centre;
but
as
we
move
our
point
of
view
from
place
to
place,
we
move
the
circle
with
us,
and
yet
we
cannot
find
the
boundary
line
which
marks
this
circle
at
any
time.
In
a
manner
not
unlike
this
we
pass
from
centre
to
centre
of
the
circles
of
life,
and
carry
with
us
the
circle,
so
that
at
no
one
point
do
we
ever
appear
to
be
much
closer
to
the
horizon
than
we
were
at
any
other
point.
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