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instincts and impulses, like all other instincts, would be 

 greatly strengthened by habit, as would obedience to the 

 wishes and judgment of the community." (Vol. I. pp. 

 71, 73.) 



Lord C. And in this way you imagine that from irrational 

 and irresponsible brutes were developed rational, thought- 

 ful, and responsible men. But all this is mere supposition, 

 without even a tittle of evidence to sustain it. It would 

 be more to the purpose if you could refer ub to any species 

 of animals which is passing through the process you 

 describe. Can you point to any instance, among the lower 

 animals, in which a moral sense or conscience is now being 

 developed ? 



Homo. Mr. Darwin cannot do that, my Lord. " Tha 

 common rat," to which he has referred as having had " all 

 its faculties habitually exercised " through man, does not 

 serve him here ; yet, I believe it is a social animal. No 

 ape, nor monkey of any kind, gives the least sign of 

 advancement in this pathway to humanity, which Mr. 

 Darwin has sketched for them. Even the dog, though, as 

 Professor Braubach maintains, he is so advanced in intellect 

 that " he looks on his master as on a god," refuses his help 

 on this subject. In vain would Mr. Darwin lecture him on 

 conscience and the moral sense. All that the poor brute 

 could do would be to look interested and wag his tail, 

 pleased at the notice taken of him, and perhaps wondering 

 what it meant — for, as Mr. Darwin tells us, " all animals 

 feel wonder " — but not one step nearer to the possession of a 

 conscience or moral sense would he advance. Let Mr. 

 Darwin try the experiment even with that dog of his 

 which " growled fiercely and barked " every time that 

 the open parasol was slightly moved by the wind, " reason- 

 ing to himself, in a rapid and unconscious manner, that 



