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with the body still other forms of impulse and guid- 

 ance, that secure purely automatic, or reflex action. 

 But in the appetites, we find the first provision for 

 those constantly recurring activities, which lead to 

 definite, voluntary action, and are plainly provided 

 for the preservation of the individual and the spe- 

 cies — so powerful in their demands, that they can- 

 not be forgotten, nor be neglected without produ- 

 cing suffering and injury. When Appetite calls. In- 

 stinct answers by some voluntary act. The nature 

 of that first instinctive act varies as much as the de- 

 gree of perfection of organs, with which the animal 

 comes into the world, and for the same reason. 

 The bodily organs of the animal vary just in propor- 

 tion to the ability of the mother to take care of 

 him ; and the same is true of his instincts. Each 

 animal, from the lowest to man, has just enough 

 of organization and of Instinct, to supplement the 

 care which the mother is ready to bestow upon him ; 

 and this care of the mother, depends upon the struct- 

 ure and functions of her body and her instincts. 

 Among the fishes, or most of them, no parent's care 

 is needed. The organization and instincts of the 

 young fish are sufficient to preserve life from the be- 

 ginning. As soon as the material in the ^gg is con- 

 sumed, from which the fish was hatched, he is ready 

 to hunt food for himself. As the period arrives, when 

 other instincts are needed, they appear, as the dif- 

 ferent parts of his body appeared in the ^gg, at the 

 proper time. 



Many insects come into their highest form, with 

 organs and instincts perfect, from the first moment 

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