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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
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I
have
observed
among
dogs
associated
with
each
other
that
where
one
should
bark
in
the
distance,
as
though
he
had
something
at
bay,
his
companion,
hearing
him
from
the
house,
would
prick
up
his
ears,
listen
for
a
moment,
and
then
dash
off
in
the
direction
from
whence
the
sounds
came;
whereas
the
bark
of
a
strange
dog,
even
having
something
at
bay,
would
only
cause
him
to
listen,
utter
a
low
sound
or
grunt,
and
lie
down
again
and
take
a
nap,
as
much
as
to
say
"That's
nothing
to
me!"
I
have
known
many
instances
where
dogs
would
follow
the
farm
waggon
to
town,
and
faithfully
guard
the
waggon
and
its
contents
all
day
long,
with
a
fidelity
that
we
seldom
see
in
the
most
devoted
servants.
The
attachment
of
a
dog
to
his
master
has
been
a
subject
of
remark
from
time
immemorial,
until
the
saying
has
crystallised
into
a
maxim--"As
faithful
as
a
watch-dog."
A
friend
of
mine
had
a
little
terrier,
whose
name
was
Nicodemus,
that
had
a
habit
of
sitting
in
the
kitchen
window
to
watch
people
pass
the
street.
She
assures
me
that
on
washdays,
when
the
steam
condensed
on
the
window-panes,
Nicodemus
would
lick
the
moisture
from
the
glass
in
order
to
see
through
it
more
clearly.
Could
instinct
be
the
guide
in
such
an
act?
If
man
would
only
pause
and
calmly
view
the
facts,
he
would
find
that
he
is
but
a
joint
heir
of
Nature;
and
why
not
so?
From
a
religious
point
of
view
I
cannot
doubt
that
the
wisdom
and
mercy
of
God
would
bestow
alike
on
all
the
faculties
of
speech
and
reason
as
their
conditions
of
life
require
them,
and
from
a
scientific
point
of
view
I
cannot
charge
the
laws
of
evolution
with
such
disorder.
In
either
case
it
were
a
harsh
and
jarring
discord
in
the
great
harp
of
Nature,
whether
played
by
the
hand
of
Chance
or
swept
by
the
fingers
of
Omniscience.
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