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pen again. So it would naturally take the next 

 tempting mouthful and perhaps be secured with 

 the first hook still in its mouth. 



Nor, by the way, would it in any way advance 

 my argument, that animals have no self-conscious- 

 ness, to suppose that they cannot feel pain. Un- 

 doubtedly they feel it, in the sense that their body 

 resents it and their brain, as governing their body, 

 telegraphs to their muscles to resist and fight 

 against it by struggles and, if they are gregarious 

 animals, by outcries for help. 



But, though their brain is thus a perfect 

 mechanism for defending the body against acci- 

 dent and injury, it lacks that power which belongs 

 to human beings alone and makes us self-conscious 

 judges of our own feelings and actions. And it is 

 only because we can sit in judgment upon our own 

 feelings that we personally know whether these 

 are pleasant or unpleasant. 



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