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it — the one for the Child, who must now at least 

 know its Mother, the other for the Mother, who must 

 as certainly attend to her Child. The only thing 

 that remains now is to secure that they shall both 

 be kept in that school as long as it is possible to 

 detain them. The next effort of Evolution, there- 

 fore — the fifth process as one might call it — is to 

 lengthen out these school days, and give affection 

 time to grow. 



No animal except Man was permitted to have 

 his education thus prolonged. Many creatures were 

 allowed to stay at school for a few days or weeks, 

 but to one only was given a curriculum complete 

 enough to accomplish its exalted end. Watch two 

 of the highest organisms during their earliest youth, 

 and observe the striking contrast in the time they 

 are made to remain at their Mother's side. The 

 first is a human infant; the second, born, let us 

 suppose, on the same day is a baby monkey. In 

 a few days or weeks the baby monkey is almost 

 able to leave its Mother. Already it can climb, 

 and eat, and chatter like its parents ; and in a few 

 weeks more the creature is as independent of them 

 as the winged-seed is of the parent tree. Mean- 

 time, and for many months to come, its little twin 

 is unable to feed itself, or clothe itself, or protect 

 itself ; it is a mere semi-unconscious chattel, a 



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