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would not only be futile at the time, but it would 

 destroy all hope of obtaining future obedience. As it 

 is, the animals find that in some mysterious manner 

 they are continually obeying the will of their keeper, 

 and they get by degrees into a habit of obedience more 

 or less perfect, according to the nature of the particular 

 species and the disposition of the individual. Know- 

 ledge is power here. It is equally exercised over the 

 largest and the smallest animals in the place ; and 

 whether the keeper be in charge of a harvest-mouse 

 which will scarcely balance a halfpenny in the scales, of 

 an elephant nine feet high, or an hippopotamus weigh- 

 ing three tons, the human intellect equally asserts itself, 

 and all equally acknowledge its sway. 



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