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proper were developed from one root, if evolu- 

 tionism be true, we know as little as ever, and 

 I think that what Darwin has said against this 

 must strike a candid reader as a mere plea in 

 extenuation rather than anything else. 



There are, besides, some particular characters 

 for which it is difficult to account. Take, for 

 instance, the instinct or principle of attachment to 

 man, which we find in some animals. When this 

 is seen in long-domesticated animals like the 

 dog, and some individual cats, or the horse, it 

 may easily be supposed to have been gradually 

 developed by methodical selection ; but we have 

 fairly good evidence of this attachment being 

 shown in a considerable degree by wolves 

 taken young from the forest and tamed (see 

 Griffith's " Cuvier," vol. ii. p. 342, et seq. ; Lloyd, 

 " Scandinavian Adventures," vol. i. p. 460, et seq. ; 

 Lloyd, " Northern Field Sports," vol. i. p. 345, 

 et seq.}. It is understood to be conspicuously 

 manifested by the elephant, an animal which 



