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of Mind by animals is a sufficient starting point 

 for Mental Evolution, to say that they have only a 

 few rudiments is to understate the facts. But we 

 know so little what Mind is that speculation in this 

 region can only be done in the rough. On one 

 hand lies the danger of minimizing tremendous 

 distinctions, on the other, of pretending to know all 

 about these distinctions, because we have learned 

 to call them by certain names. Mind, when we 

 come to see what it is, may be one ; perhaps must 

 be one. The habit of unconsciously regarding the 

 powers and faculties of Mind as separate entities, 

 like the organs of the body, has its risks as well as 

 its uses ; and we cannot too often remind ourselves 

 that this is a mere device to facilitate thought and 

 speech. 



It is mainly to Mr. Romanes that we owe the 

 working out of the evidence in this connection; 

 and even though his researches be little more than 

 a preliminary exploration their general results are 

 striking. Realizing that the most scientific way to 

 discover whether there are any affinities between 

 Mind in Animals and Mind in Man is to compare 

 the one with the other, he began a laborious study 

 of the Animal world. His conclusions are con- 

 tained in Animal Intelligence and Mental Evolu- 

 tion in Animals — volumes which no one can read 



