CHAPTER III. 



Developing Into Social Order. 



^T^HE human mind had reached a state of development 

 wherein it had begun to reason from cause to effect and 

 to understand the "reason why" of many things, but it was, 

 as yet, in an undeveloped and unorganized state incapable 

 of reasoning out a complicated problem. It must not be 

 assumed that man's mind was a blank before he began to 

 fashion implements of flint, for such is not the case. No 

 psychologist has, as yet, pointed out a satisfactory dividing 

 line between animal instinct or animal intelligence and rea- 

 son, because they are blended together like the colors of 

 the rainbow. Since mind has played a stellar part in the 

 evolution of organic nature, animal intelligence must be 

 called on to supplement instinct. 



We do not desire to provoke an argument with the Pro- 

 fessors, but when we consider that the ants and bees have 

 colonies in which some of the principles of human social 

 organizations are found such as slavery, sexual regulations, 

 division of labor, customs of friendly salutation, centraliza- 

 tion of resources, armies with oflicers, domestic animals, 

 government distribution of food, capital punishment, etc., 

 we may then wonder how far-reaching is the admonition of 

 the writer of the proverb — "Go to the ant, thou sluggard, 

 consider her ways and be wise," or what hidden significance 

 there is in the proverb — "The ants are a people, not strong, 



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