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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
138
[Sidenote:
THOUGHT
AND
REASON]
In
conclusion,
I
would
say
that
since
the
sounds
uttered
by
monkeys
perform
all
that
speech
performs,
is
made
of
the
same
material,
produced
by
the
same
means,
acts
to
the
same
ends,
and
through
the
same
media,
it
is
as
near
an
approach
to
speech
as
the
mental
operations
by
which
it
is
produced
are
an
approach
to
thought.
If
it
can
be
shown
that
these
mental
feats
are
not
thought,
the
same
process
of
reasoning
could
show
that
these
sounds
are
not
speech.
If
man
derived
his
other
faculties
from
such
an
ancestry,
may
not
his
speech
have
been
acquired
from
such
a
source?
If
the
prototype
of
man
has
survived
through
all
the
vicissitudes
of
time,
may
not
his
speech
likewise
have
survived?
If
the
races
of
mankind
are
the
progeny
of
the
Simian
stock,
may
not
their
languages
be
the
progeny
of
the
Simian
tongue?
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