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and mentally discuss matters ; then one of the goats will 

 kneel and lie down very carefully and the other will walk 

 deliberately over him; they never get rattled nor lose 

 their head. You will always find, however, that any 

 species of animal is about as clever as any other in the 

 particular line of business which concerns its existence, 



FIG. 53. Beginning of civilization. LITERARY DIGEST. 



and this we also find to be a fact in the cases of plants, 

 cells, and also of man. 



Some claim that particles of organic matter like gravel, 

 stone, clay and other substances possess consciousness, 

 intellect, memory and soul. They claim there can be no 

 distinction between the dead and the living. I am unable 

 to see any foundation for such a claim. We have also on 



