150 THE IMMORTALITY OF ANIMALS 



polled to confess that animals are endowed with 

 discriminating powers totally unknown to or at- 

 tainable by man. 



Man cannot be regarded as distinguished from 

 other animals either by acuteness of sensibility or 

 by muscular power. His swiftness in running and 

 agility in leaping are not of a high order. That 

 portion of the nervous system distributed to the 

 organs of sense, is less developed in man than it is 

 in most animals. He is surpassed by many crea- 

 tures in acuteness of sight, sound, and scent. 



The power of birds to navigate the air is a favor 

 shown them which does not belong to man. That 

 a body so much heavier than air should overcome 

 the force of gravity, and soar far above the earth, 

 and, by overcoming the resistance of the atmos- 

 phere, go directly against the current of wind, is 

 wonderful to contemplate. 



While the intellectual faculties of man are 

 superior to those of animals, that faculty of the 

 soul called instinct is far stronger in animals. 



