The Horse, as Comrade and Friend 



in affinity, as to be almost one in essence and 

 in spirit. So close are they that their 

 " whither " cannot He far apart. 



In the quaUty of the senses man has Uttle 

 or no superiority over his brother mammalia. 

 In sight, hearing and smeU, other members 

 of the family have the greater gifts ; but some 

 of the birds have an incomparable supremacy 

 in long distance sight and hearing over any of 

 the mammaha. If man excels at all, it is in 

 the nuances of taste, but, more importantly, 

 in dehcacy of feeling, the hereditary results of 

 education in the course of thousands of genera- 

 tions. 



As to brain and brain power, it seems certain 

 that every kind of animal's brain, including 

 man's, is developed (on an average of the 

 whole, but varjdng in respect of individuals) 

 to an equal pitch of efficiency and range, in the 

 sufficiency required to successfully maintain 

 their existence in their several modes of Hfe. 

 Brain power, in degree, consists in faciUty of 

 response to stimuU, and in aU matters of vital 

 importance the degree of brain power must 

 be equal in all animals ; but the range of brain 

 power will vary in accordance with the range 

 of stimuli, of which account has to be taken 

 to maintain existence. In degree, man's 

 brain power is probably not in excess of that 

 of any of the more intelligent mammals ; but 

 the range of stimuli encompassed is enormously 



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