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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
133
The
one
differs
from
the
other
just
as
a
single
ray
of
sunlight
differs
from
the
glaring
light
of
noon.
[Sidenote:
EFFECTS
OF
ONE
GREAT
CAUSE]
If
man
could
disabuse
his
mind
of
that
contempt
for
things
below
his
plane
of
life,
and
hush
the
siren
voice
of
self-conceit,
his
better
senses
might
be
touched
by
the
eloquence
of
truth.
But
while
the
vassals
of
his
empty
pride
control
his
mind,
the
plainest
facts
appeal
to
him
in
vain,
and
all
the
cogency
of
proof
is
lost.
He
is
unwilling
to
forego
that
vain
belief
that
he
is
Nature's
idol,
and
that
he
is
a
duplicate
of
Deity.
Held
in
check
by
the
strong
reins
of
theology
and
tradition,
he
has
not
dared
to
controvert
those
dogmas
which
bear
the
stamp
of
error
on
their
face;
he
dares
not
turn
away
from
the
idols
of
his
own
conceit
and
read
the
rubrics
written
in
the
fossil
rocks;
he
dares
not
take
those
proofs
which
none
can
counterfeit,
and
whose
authority
is
not
gainsaid;
he
dares
not
lay
aside
the
yoke
which
galls
the
neck
of
patience,
or
breathe
the
air
unblest
by
some
mysterious
rite
performed
in
fear.
By
such
restraints
his
ears
are
closed
against
those
voices
which
appeal
to
him
from
without
the
temple
gates
of
his
belief.
In
what
respect
would
man
be
less
god-like
if
it
be
shown
that
monkeys
talk?
To
elevate
the
humbler
ranks
could
not
degrade
mankind.
Whether
man
is
the
work
of
Deity
or
was
evolved
by
laws
of
change
from
primal
matter;
whether
he
was
made
in
one
specific
act
or
is
the
last
amendment
to
a
million
prior
types;
whether
he
is
the
creature
of
design
or
accident,
the
authorship
of
his
being
and
that
of
all
the
forms
which
roam
the
broad
empire
of
life
must
be
the
same.
We
are
all
the
effects
of
one
Great
Cause,
whatever
that
may
be,
and
that
which
gave
to
man
the
power
of
speech
imparted
it
to
apes;
and
I
can
see
no
reason
why
Nature
should
have
drawn
a
line
about
this
faculty,
and
made
the
rest
a
common
heritage.
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