CHAPTER XXYII 



YOUNG ANIMALS INFANCY CHILDHOOD DISCI- 

 PLINE OF LIFE IN MAN, IN WOMAN MENTAL 

 DIFFERENCES IN SEX SCHOPENHAUSER'S PES- 

 SIMISM. 



THE question may arise, Is life to any Animal 

 worth living? The simplest answer is, "It is, or 

 why should it be given ?" but this, it may be said, is 

 merely "petitio principii." But who can look on the 

 hordes of lower life, upon a swarm of gnats on a 

 summer evening, at a flock of birds on the wing, 

 to a number of animals of any kind, exulting in the 

 power of motion, without seeing that they are rejoic- 

 ing in life itself? As Monboddo said : " There can 

 be no doubt that the brute creation have a greater 

 pleasure in mere living, than the higher creature, 

 man, can ever know." 



All animals of the higher orders, including man, 



begin their lives alike. Born imperfect, weak and 



helpless, they are dependent upon their parents' care, 



at least for guidance to food, if not for the food itself; 



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