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4. We find the appetites, which arise from the 

 functions of organs, but are powerful stimuli to 

 action. 



All these are conditions for voluntary activity ; 

 and upon these the instincts, including the desires, 

 begin to appear, — and they involve several distinct 

 things, as follows : 



a. — Impulse, arising beyond the sphere of the ap- 

 petites, — as the impulse to migrate and to store 

 food for winter, — also the desires, so-called. 



b. — Knowledge without instruction or experience^ 

 for meeting the demands of the appetites and desires^ 

 and for doing all those things essential to the con- 

 tinuance of the race, 



c. — Knowledge arising independently of the ap- 

 petites, — as recognition of certain enemies without 

 instruction, or experience. 



d. — Skill without instruction or practice, — to carry 

 out the plans necessary to meet the demands of the 

 appetites and other impulses required for the exist- 

 ence of the species. 



These three distinct things are involved in the 

 manifestations of those activities, which are togeth- 

 er labelled INSTINCT, — Impulse, knowledge and skill, 

 — they are all given, as needed to begin life, — as or- 

 gans are given for the same purpose. These pro- 

 ducts of the animal's being determine nothing of 

 his rank. They simply say, " We are here, because 

 this atmnal must live — we are here to meet the condi- 

 tions of his life, till he has a chance for experience. 

 If he is 7iot to have that, we must go farther and do 



