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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
132
Leaving
the
realm
of
metaphysics
and
returning
to
the
order
of
primates,
to
which
we
shall
confine
our
present
work,
I
shall
resume
by
repeating
that
not
only
do
primates
have
the
faculty
of
speech,
but
the
whole
family
of
mammals
have
some
form
of
speech
which
is
in
keeping
with
their
conditions
of
life.
In
addition
to
this
declaration,
I
assert
that
all
mammals
reason
by
the
same
means
and
to
the
same
ends,
but
not
to
the
same
degree.
The
reason
which
controls
the
conduct
of
a
man
is
just
the
same
in
kind
as
that
which
prompts
the
ape.
The
latter
cannot
carry
the
process
to
such
a
great
extent,
but
microsophic
pedants
have
not
shown
in
what
respect
the
methods
differ
only
in
degree.
That
same
faculty
which
guided
man
to
tame
the
winds
of
commerce,
taught
the
nautilus
to
lift
its
tentacles
and
embrace
the
passing
breeze.
Yet
we
are
told
that
reason
guides
the
man
and
instinct
guides
the
nautilus.
These
are
but
two
names
for
light;
the
one
is
dawn,
the
other
noon,
but
both
are
light.
I
cannot
see
in
what
respect
the
light
of
a
lamp
differs
from
that
of
a
bonfire
except
in
volume;
they
are
the
products
of
the
same
forces
in
Nature,
acting
through
the
same
media,
and,
becoming
causes,
produce
the
same
effects.
That
psychic
spark
which
dimly
glows
in
the
animal
bursts
into
a
blaze
of
effulgence
in
man.
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