CHAPTER V 



INSTINCT 



" Shall damned oblivion ever quench that flame ? 

 No ! that viewless essence shall outlive the world, 

 Immortal as the soul of man it served." 



Pope. 



THOSE persons who desire to instruct the growing 

 thought of the young in a successful and har- 

 monious manner will usually, if they are wise, study the 

 metaphysical aspect of the subject. This is also true advice, 

 with regard to the training of all animals, and, in propor- 

 tion as the instructor does this, will he be successful or the 

 reverse. A close study of the relationship of man to the 

 animal kingdom through the ages, discloses many inter- 

 esting facts and salutary lessons. It reveals the fact, that 

 wherever, and in whatever, man recognizes the presence 

 of good, — cherishing and cultivating it, — the object of his 

 care, from that time, becomes useful and harmless. This 

 applies, as anyone can see, to the Vegetable Kingdom, in 

 which all carefully cultivated species, immediately excel 

 the properties of the wild varieties. And it also, with equal 

 truth, applies to the animals. 



Had man at all times recognized this, and realized his 

 tremendous responsibility towards the Animal Kingdom, 

 we should not now have large numbers of savage, dangerous 

 animals, nor vast collections of timid, nay, terrified, 



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