140 THE IMMORTALITY OF ANIMALS 



he will repeat the tricks many 3 T ears afterwards. 

 He has been taught to sit at the table, and eat with 

 knife, fork, and spoon. He will put sugar in tea, 

 stir it up, pour it into a saucer, and drink and eat 

 with as much ease and decorum as a human being. 

 He will wear clothing, and perform many acts of 

 useful labor, such as cleaning boots, brushing clothes, 

 churning, and acting in the capacity of waiter. 

 Under a systematic education, the ape, orang-outang, 

 and chimpanzee have been taught to perform many 

 wonderful things. In their native home, they live 

 in families, construct huts, and defend themselves 

 against their enemies by the use of clubs, stones, 

 and other missiles ; and in mental and physical 

 actions, differ but little from the lower type of 

 mankind. 



As we observe the several faculties and traits of 

 character, which belong alike to man and animals, 

 we recognize that some knowledge of things is born 

 with them and some acquired by a degree of educa- 

 tion. They are no sooner born than they seek and 

 greedily embrace remedies to supply hunger and 

 all bodily wants. A lamb or a babe without any 

 instructions will seek the proper nourishment from 

 its mother. 



