CHAPTER XXIX 



TESTING THE PROPOSITION 



In writing of the subconscious mind in the 

 Animal World, as it appears to me, I have 

 described the acts of a variety of creatures 

 belonging to widely separated classes in order 

 to test the proposition from different aspects. 

 In each case the evidence submitted tends 

 strongly to prove the correctness of the thesis. 



The old, and generally accepted idea, 

 namely, that animals perform " their remark- 

 able feats " by a process of reasoning (the 

 pigeon taking notes of " the hills and the 

 valleys " is typical of this belief), stands no 

 testing whatever, it breaks down at every 

 point ; but if we believe that subconscious 

 mind is integral of AU-Mind, which is my con- 

 tention, the " feats " of animals are not so 

 " remarkable " as absolutely natural. 



In attributing infallibility to subconscious 

 mind, it is because a close study of nature 

 has convinced me that such is the truth. 

 The manifestations of subconscious mind are 



