

PREFACE 



IT is hoped that this little work may assist in the 

 search along the dark path upon which many a 

 poet and in later times many an investigator 

 has set his feet. It would not be worthy of us, whom 

 science and technical ability has raised to so high an 

 intellectual position as explorers of Nature in every 

 field should we neglect anything however trivial, 

 deeming it as beneath our notice. 



We know so much about all that lies around us : 

 the manner in which the cells build our bodies ; how 

 the juices circulate within the plant. We feel Nature 

 to be ensouled, to be a spiritual entity and yet 

 it is only her corporeal life with which we are intimate. 

 Therefore let us now turn our eyes to new horizons, 

 so that the human spirit may be in a position to extend 

 its search, doing so with knowledge and understanding. 

 What is imperative is that we should investigate to 

 what degree the higher animals have been dowered 

 with sensibility, and to what extent this can be 

 utilized : whether it can crystallize so to speak 

 into what is known to us as thought. My own work of 

 investigation was undertaken in a spirit entirely 

 devoid of prejudice ; and what I have so far discovered 

 I now place in the hands of the reader, asking him to 

 bring the same unbiased and objective attitude of 

 mind to bear when reading these pages. It is my 

 hope that they may arouse his interest and instil that 

 broader attitude of thought which should lead to 



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