THE BADGER 



powers of thought and feehng. Undoubtedly 

 they are physically less sensitive, and we 

 probably err when we ascribe to them more 

 than a slight ability to anticipate, or credit 

 them with such sentiments as anxiety, mental 

 distress, and those thoughts and sensations 

 that in the main make pain intolerable. 

 Those species that have long been associated 

 with man have, I think, a greater capacity 

 for suffering. The individuality of each 

 domestic race has been developed ; the 

 difference of temperament and character of 

 each individual becomes more marked, and 

 more or less humanized, according to the 

 influences by which it is surrounded. There 

 is a more uniform character and greater simi- 

 larity of temperament among wild animals, 

 and the more refined the civilization and the 

 more cultivated the senses, the more sensi- 

 tive will the whole animal become. This 

 may be seen in the most common of Nature's 

 operations. The wild beast produces its 

 young with ease and without pain. With 

 woman, raised amidst the refinements of 

 civilization, the same operation is with every 



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