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JACK AT DINNER. 
Showing His Use of Table Implements. 
instinct of the monkey would have impelled him to force his 
way through the bars of the cage or to strain at the strap 
until he had broken it in two. But it was his reason that 
taught him to look for the weak part in both cage and strap, 
and, having found it, to devote his energies to that part until 
he had succeeded in his object. 
Was it possible for instinct to teach him that the hinges 
were the weak part of his cage, and that, if he could only 
remove the staples or nails, the door would open and he 
