THE RELIGION OF NATUEE 



their conduct, in their honest eyes, and their lov- 

 ing human ways, something which no argument 

 can touch. 



This, I believe to be, in some mysterious way, 

 the spirit of God which we, possessing it, have been 

 privileged partially to communicate. All this is 

 at present surrounded with a haze of mystery. 

 But I do believe that man, who is now the repre- 

 sentative of God upon the earth, has a destiny and 

 a power in relation to other animals which he has 

 not yet learned to achieve and to exercise. I be- 

 lieve that our growing sympathy with animal life 

 is only the beginning of our realization of this 

 fact. I believe that the yearning look on the face 

 of a dog is a responsive echo to this truth. And I 

 live in " the larger hope." 



So I will add this postscript to my argument 

 regarding men and other animals and the con- 

 nection between science and religion. I desired to 

 carry the argument to its logical conclusion, be- 

 fore pausing to consider what man, as the repre- 

 sentative of God, will hereafter be able to effect 

 for other animals ; and I admit that we have very 

 little in the way of evidence to go upon, beyond 

 the undoubted fact that we are able to educate 

 animals and to elevate them. By this I do not re- 

 fer so much to the cleverness of trained animals 

 as to the noble characteristics which devotion to 



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