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beautiful monument was erected by Baroness Bur- 

 dett Coutts, to commemorate poor little Bobby's 

 undying affection for his master. Such mental 

 action as was manifested by Bobby cannot pos- 

 sibly be of a material nature, but belongs to the 

 highest attributes of the soul. 



The horse does not forget the road he has once 

 traversed, though years may have intervened. 

 Dogs, elephants, monkeys, and other animals, recog- 

 nize persons from whom they have received kind- 

 ness, after a long separation. Some have been 

 known to treasure up the recollections of wrongs, 

 and have watched for opportunities for revenge 

 many years after the abuse. 



It is by such phenomena of the animal soul that 

 we recognize its power of perception. The dif- 

 ferent kinds of perceptions are as numerous as the 

 different channels through which they are received, 

 and they are durable in proportion to the exciting 

 cause. These impressions, as they are retained, be- 

 come ideas. The mind has the power of suffering 

 such ideas to remain latent or unobserved, and of 

 calling them into observation at its option ; and it 

 is the active exercise of this power that constitutes 

 thought. Reason is founded in the consciousness 



