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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
136
It
appears
to
me
that
their
speech
is
capable
of
communicating
the
ideas
that
they
are
capable
of
conceiving,
and,
measured
by
their
mental,
moral,
and
social
status,
is
as
well
developed
as
the
speech
of
man,
measured
by
the
same
units.
Strange
monkeys
of
the
same
species
seem
to
understand
each
other
at
sight,
whereas
two
monkeys
of
different
species
do
not
understand
each
other
until
they
have
been
together
for
some
time.
Each
one
learns
to
understand
the
speech
of
the
other;
but,
as
a
rule,
he
does
not
try
to
speak
it.
When
he
deigns
an
answer,
it
is
usually
in
his
own
tongue.
The
more
fixed
and
pronounced
the
social
and
gregarious
instincts
are
in
any
species,
the
higher
the
type
of
its
speech.
They
often
utter
certain
sounds
under
certain
conditions
in
a
whisper,
which
indicates
they
are
conscious
of
the
effect
which
will
result
from
the
use
of
speech.
Monkeys
reason
from
cause
to
effect,
communicate
to
others
the
conclusion
deduced
therefrom,
and
act
in
accordance
therewith.
If
their
sounds
convey
a
fixed
idea
on
a
given
subject
from
one
mind
to
another,
what
more
does
human
speech
accomplish?
If
one
sound
communicates
that
idea
clearly,
what
more
could
volumes
do?
If
their
sounds
discharge
all
the
functions
of
speech,
in
what
respect
are
they
not
speech?
[Sidenote:
CANNOT
THINK
WITHOUT
WORDS]
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