38 Instinct. 



prompting the parent to provide for or to defend its 

 young. 



g. Instincts of yoimg animals to brhig them into 

 proper relations to their parents and the world. Also 

 the peculiar iiistinct of one stage of being as prepara- 

 tory to anotJier i7i wJiich that instinct is eiitirely lost, 

 — as in the case of viany insects. 



10. Instiiict of animals demanding certain cha^iges 

 in other animals or plants for the completion of its 

 work. 



11. Variation of instinct in domestic animals and 

 its relation to man as viaking such animals useful. 



12. Instinct as a law for the animal but subject 

 to organic or functional changes in the systent. Cir- 

 cumsta?tces under which instinct may be deceived. 



13. Higher character of animals. Do they think 

 and reason ? Have they intelligence as a guiding 

 principle or subordinated to histinct ? 



14. Instinct in man growing out of his appetites 

 — wholly animal. 



1 5 . Instiyict in its relation to the desires^ — the ba- 

 sis of the social nature. 



16. The nature of instinctive and intuitive 

 knowledge. 



17. Moral instincts. The distinction between 

 men and animals and the directing power in both. 



18. Relation of instinct to prayer y fait Ji and im- 

 mortality. 



19. Relation of the subject to education, govern- 

 ment and social reform. 



While this scheme gives the outline of thought 

 to be presented it does not in all cases show the 



