124 UNIVERSAL EVOLUTION 



horse, and the cow are all descended from wild species, 

 whose temperaments and intelligence were very low. 

 By artificial breeding and selection, they have evolved 

 into most useful, and intellectual servants of man. The 

 most intelligent is selected to survive. The evolution 

 of man himself from a lower, vicious, and savage 

 ancestry, is parallel with that of the dog. The evolu- 

 tion of his brain has been accompanied by that of his 

 intelligence, his mind. If, when he was a lower ani- 

 mal, his brain was operated, by an entity distinct from 

 its function, that separate power must have evolved 

 also, parallel with the evolution of his brain. Other- 

 wise, how can his advancement in psychical power be 

 accounted for. But that dilemma is avoided, by the 

 theory, that his mental powers are the functions of his 

 brain, and, evolution being conceded in structure, it 

 naturally follows in function. 



The evolution of the Collie from a wolf, or a canine, 

 equally savage and vicious, is a remarkable trans- 

 formation. Its intelligence, faithfulness, and sympathy 

 when trained as a sheep dog, in herding and caring 

 for a flock, are equal to these same traits in man. In 

 the early days in Colorado and New Mexico sheep were 

 herded on the public lands. The herders were generally 

 Mexicans accompanied by dogs. A flock of two thou- 

 sand was stolen in Northern New Mexico. The thieves, 

 the herders themselves, drove it into Colorado, and 

 finally to the north side of the Arkansas River, near 

 Las Animas, Colorado. Here they abandoned the flock 

 fearing capture, for the owners were on their track. 

 But the dog remained with the flock. One morning a 

 ranchman on the river heard a scratching on the door 

 of his kitchen. On opening the door, he saw this sheep 

 dog, evidently half starved. The dog had put the 



