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The Speech of Monkeys
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R. L. Garner
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As
monkeys
readily
discern
the
larger
of
two
pieces
of
food
from
the
smaller,
and
by
the
aid
of
concrete
things
can
count
a
limited
number,
I
feel
justified
in
saying
that
they
have
the
first
principles
of
mathematics
as
dealing
with
numbers
and
quantity
in
a
concrete
form.
Their
ability
to
distinguish
colours
and
their
selection
thereof,
would
indicate
that
they
possess
the
first
rudiment
of
art
as
dealing
with
colour.
And
the
fact
that
they
are
attracted
in
a
slight
degree
by
musical
sounds
shows
that
they
possess
the
germ
from
which
music
itself
is
born.
I
must
not
be
understood
to
claim
that
they
possess
anything
more
than
the
mere
germ
from
which
such
faculties
might
have
been
evolved.
I
do
not
think
that
they
have
any
names
for
numbers,
colours
or
quantities,
nor
do
I
think
that
they
possess
an
abstract
idea
of
these
things,
except
in
the
feeblest
degree;
but
as
the
concrete
must
have
preceded
the
abstract
idea
in
the
development
of
human
reason,
it
impresses
me
that
these
creatures
are
now
in
a
condition
such
as
man
has
once
passed
through
in
the
course
of
his
evolution;
and
it
is
not
difficult
to
understand
how
such
feeble
faculties
may
develop
into
the
very
highest
degree
of
strength
and
usefulness
by
constant
use
and
culture.
[Sidenote:
RUDIMENTS
OF
FACULTIES]
We
find
in
them
the
rudiments
from
which
all
the
faculties
possessed
by
man
could
easily
develop,
including
thought,
reason,
speech,
and
the
moral
and
social
traits
of
man.
In
brief,
they
appear
to
have
at
least
the
raw
material
out
of
which
is
made
the
most
exalted
attributes
of
man,
and
I
shall
not
contest
with
them
the
right
of
such
possession.
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