138 THE IMMORTALITY OF ANIMALS 



an elephant, a horse, or any other intelligent ani 

 mal, and the great variety of ways in which it 

 will display an intelligent adaptation of means 

 to ends, laying aside what is usually called instinct, 

 we must conclude that the faculties of man and 

 animals are unlike only in degree. Animals are 

 taught by example, by the imitation and instruc- 

 tions of others of the same species, and also by 

 different species, to perform various acts of intelli- 

 gence, and these acts do not differ from man's so 

 far as the brain action is concerned. 



Animals are progressive in the manner of receiving 

 their education in all actions, the same as man. Take 

 a puppy, for instance, and observe his gradual de- 

 velopment, and the different mental stages of action, 

 and you will notice he adds new thoughts and actions, 

 and leaves many features of his early life behind when 

 he grows older, just as we see in the gradual devel- 

 opment of a child. Take a young canary bird, and 

 you will observe that its first notes are imperfect, 

 like a child learning to talk, but by a constant 

 effort it will become proficient. At first young 

 animals are slow and awkward, move imperfectly, 

 do things incorrectly, but as they grow older, they 

 improve, and move and act more correctly. In many 



