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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  with 
  such 
  fury, 
  by 
  the 
  gosling, 
  that 
  he 
  fled 
  precipitately. 
  During 
  all 
  

   this 
  time 
  he 
  got 
  nothing 
  for 
  himself, 
  and 
  frequently 
  squatted 
  on 
  the 
  

   ground 
  from 
  sheer 
  exhaustion. 
  When 
  they 
  were 
  all 
  surfeited 
  he 
  led 
  

   them 
  off 
  like 
  an 
  earl 
  marshal 
  to 
  the 
  brook 
  for 
  a 
  drink 
  ; 
  and 
  then, 
  with 
  

   the 
  setting 
  of 
  the 
  sun, 
  dutifully 
  brought 
  them 
  back 
  to 
  their 
  pen, 
  where 
  

   they 
  were 
  safely 
  housed 
  from 
  marauding 
  Foxes. 
  

  

  " 
  People 
  apply 
  such 
  epithets 
  as 
  ' 
  divine 
  charity' 
  and 
  ' 
  enlightened 
  

   self-interest 
  ' 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  ethical 
  action. 
  But 
  when 
  we 
  differentiate, 
  

   and 
  call 
  that 
  reason 
  in 
  man 
  which 
  is 
  only 
  instinct 
  in 
  a 
  Dog, 
  I 
  would 
  

   ask 
  seriously 
  what 
  is 
  meant. 
  Is 
  it 
  a 
  qualitative 
  or 
  a 
  quantitative 
  

   difference 
  ? 
  For 
  instance, 
  what 
  does 
  Jefferies 
  mean 
  when 
  he 
  says, 
  

   'There 
  is 
  nothing 
  human 
  in 
  any 
  living 
  animal'? 
  Such 
  words 
  are 
  

   unintelligible 
  to 
  me. 
  Depend 
  on 
  it, 
  the 
  more 
  we 
  realize 
  the 
  unity 
  of 
  

   creation, 
  and 
  especially 
  the 
  correlation 
  of 
  all 
  living 
  things, 
  the 
  better 
  

   it 
  will 
  be 
  for 
  the 
  world." 
  

  

  