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which are adduced to prove that it has been, and then 

 it will become apparent that the supplement, if any, 

 must have been added in the smelting-pot of Language 

 — a fact, be it observed, which is conceded by all 

 modern writers who deny the genetic continuity of 

 mind in animal and human intelligence." The last 

 assertion is one which is indeed remarkable. It shows 

 that Mr. Romanes has not apprehended what is the 

 fundamental position, on this subject, of the school to 

 which he is opposed. The "intellectual," as opposed 

 to the " sensational " school, energetically affirm that 

 the supplement added was not " language," but " a 

 distinctly rational nature," whereof thought, language, 

 and moral responsibility are alike results. 



In concluding this chapter, its author makes an 

 assertion which we have sincere pleasure in agreeing 

 with and supporting. It is the assertion that children 

 do not commence their intellectual life by special and 

 particular perceptions from which they generalize, but 

 that they generalize at once. Nevertheless, his mis- 

 apprehension of the distinction between recepts and 

 concepts, and his notion that a distinct intention is 

 needed in order to form the latter, naturally make 

 themselves manifest. As to recepts and concepts, Mr. 

 Romanes truly says, " Classification there doubtless is 

 in both cases ; but the one order is due to the closeness 

 of resemblances in an act of perception \i.e. senception], 

 while in the other order it is an expression of their 

 remoteness from merely perceptual \i.e. sensuous] asso- 

 ciations." 



The concluding sentence of this chapter is, however. 



