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Addison, when writing on the subject of instinct, says : 

 " I look upon instinct, as upon the principle of gravita- 

 tion in bodies, which is not to be explained by any known 

 qualities inherent in the bodies themselves, nor from any 

 laws of mechanism, but as an immediate impression from 

 the first Mover, and the Divine energy acting in the 



creatures." 



The above illuminating statement is especially interest- 

 ing, when we notice that one of the definitions of the 

 word " instinct " means " urged from within," and yet 

 another explanation is " animated," derived from anima 



— soul. 



The description of the animal kingdom, pictured by 

 Isaiah, is certainly a state which has previously existed : 

 " The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard 

 shall lie down with the kid ; the calf and the young lion 

 and the fatling together ; and a little child shall lead them. 



" And the cow and the bear shall feed ; their young ones 

 shall lie down together ; and the lion shall eat straw like 



the ox ; 



"And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the 

 asp ; and the weaned child shall put his hand on the 

 cockatrice den." 



" They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy moun- 

 tain ; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the 

 Lord, as the waters cover the sea." 



This prophecy, as to the return of this harmonious 

 understanding between man and beast, has not yet been 

 fulfilled, but in the insistence by man for more humane 

 treatment for all animals, one sees the gleam of the dawn, 

 and one knows that, as thought in this direction progresses, 

 as it is certain to do, the entire prophecy will be completely 

 fulfilled. The time will come, when the commandment, 



