4 ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE 



himself into comparison with a mere dog. " Is thy 

 servant a dog, that he should do this thing ? " 



But Nature is often wiser than her expounders, and 

 I venture to assert that it is, in spite of the indignant 

 protest of some people, because we are in not a little so 

 like dogs that a large part of our life is what it is, and 

 I hope before I finish this lecture to be able to convince 

 you, or, at all events, to indicate the methods by which 

 you may convince yourselves, that Tom Jones was quite 

 correct when he believed that his dog's way of thinking, 

 feeling, acting, and being acted upon, are very much like 

 his own. 



We all find some people hard to understand, and in 

 proportion as that is the case are such persons estranged 

 from us, and this is inevitable for the reasons that I am 

 trying to set forth, viz. : that community of thought and 

 feeling is essential to beget sympathy, interest, etc., and 

 when they exist, and in proportion often as they are 

 found, do they bind people together. You see these 

 principles ilustrated in every school. John takes to 

 James because, perhaps, they were at some other school 

 together, and found they had common views and in- 

 terests, and John finds it hard to get into sympathy with 

 Harry, because they seem to have so little in common. 

 John likes cricket and Harry lacrosse; John prefers to go 

 a-fishing, and Harry to race across country ; John is fond 

 of quiet fun, and Harry of the boisterous, rollicking sort 

 of amusement, and so one might proceed to illustrate at 

 great length. Now and then, however, we meet a person 

 who seems with extraordinary ease to be able to enter 

 into the frame of mind and feeling of a large number of 

 persons. Such people have, we say, wide sympathies, 

 and when rendered intelligent by education they take 

 broad views of things, and if possessed of vigorous in- 

 tellect and strong will, they are likely to become leaders 

 in the community. Possibly they may become dis- 



