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blem. Such a solution cannot be made by animals, 

 since as we have shown they are without the faculty 

 of making a deliberate research into any subject ; nor 

 can it be effected by the primitive man, in whom the 

 reasoning faculty with which he is endowed is still 

 undeveloped. 



The real origin of reflection is not to be found in 

 what may be called the mythical creation of nature, 

 which is the necessary result of the spontaneity of 

 the intelligence, both in man and animals; it is 

 developed after long duration of barbarism and igno- 

 rance. M'Lennan and others have shown how 

 the era of reflection and hypothesis begins in the 

 evolution of human intelligence. Sekesa, an intelli- 

 gent Kaffir, said to Arbrousset, * "For twelve years 

 I have shepherded my flock. It was dark, and I 

 sat down upon a rock and asked myself such ques- 

 tions as these, sad questions, since I was unable 

 to answer them. "Who made the stars ? What 

 supports them? Do the waters never grow weary 

 of flowing from morning to evening, from evening to 

 morning, and where do they find rest? "Whence 

 come the clouds, which pass and re-pass, and dis- 

 solve in rain ? Who sends them ? Our diviners 

 certainly do not send rain, since they have no means 

 of making it, nor do I see them with my eyes going 

 up to heaven to seek it. I cannot see the wind, and 

 know not what it is. Who guides and causes it to 



* Arbrousset, The Basutos. 



