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spectator of the play in which two dogs were the participants. 

 It was as exciting as such a diversion could possibly be 

 between two children. For an hour at a time I have watched 

 the fun, and the players seemed not to abate the least jot or 

 tittle from their ardor and enthusiasm. They were appar- 

 ently as fresh then as at the beginning. In due time the 

 game ceased as if by mutual consent, but the animals did not 

 seek some cool, quiet spot for comfort and rest, but started 

 off to the woods for some further diversion, from which their 

 voices were soon heard, telling that they were in pursuit of a 

 rabbit or the ignoble ground-hog. 



We have far from exhausted the list of examples at hand 

 to show that the lower animals possess a sense of humor. 

 But what use, it may be asked, can the capacity of humor 

 subserve in the next world ? Much the same, I presume, 

 that it subserves in this. There are some in this world in 

 whom the sense of humor is absolutely wanting. Estimable 

 as they may be in character, they are just solemn prigs, and 

 I should be very sorry to resemble them in the world, 

 whither, it is hoped, all life tendeth. 



Pride, Jealousy, Anger, Revenge and Tyranny, while not 

 very pleasing characteristics, belong, as such, to the imma- 

 terial, and not to the material, part of man. That the lower 

 animals possess these qualities will be seen from what follows. 

 Hence the inference to be drawn from that fact must be quite 

 obvious. 



Taking these characteristics in order, Pride, or Self-esteem, 

 is developed as fully in many animals as in the proudest of the 

 human race. Most conspicuously is this shown in animals 

 which herd together. There is always one leader at the 

 head, who will not permit any movement to be made without 

 his order, and who resents the least interference with his 

 authority. This is particularly the case with the deer, the 

 horse and the ox. Even when these animals are domesti- 

 cated, and the habits of their feral life have materially 

 changed, the feeling of pride exists to the fullest extent. 



