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a certain grouping. of characters in which there may 

 be weak points. The highest in organisation are not 

 necessarily the swiftest or the strongest, any more 

 than they are necessarily the most intelligent. It 

 may happen ; it happens in the case of Man ; but it 

 as easily fails to happen. In organisation the Horse 

 is nearer to Man than the Ant ; but it is far otherwise 

 as regards intellectual development. 



For this reason, when following the progress of any 

 industry, I have taken my examples first in one group, 

 then in another far-removed group, to return after- 

 wards to the first There are not, and cannot be, 

 bonds between a solitary function of the being and 

 its place in classification — a place which has been 

 determined by the form of all the organs, without 

 even taking into account their methods of activity. 



Comparative anatomy has long since removed the 

 barriers, once thought impassable, raised by human 

 pride between Man and the other animals. Our 

 bodies do not differ from theirs ; and moreover, such 

 glimpses as we are able to obtain allow us to con- 

 clude that their psychic faculties are of the same 

 nature as our own. Man in his evolution introduces 

 no new factor. 



The industries in which the talents of animals are 

 exercised demonstrate that, under the influence of the 

 same environment, animals have reacted in the same 

 manner as Man, and have formed the same combina- 

 tions to protect themselves from cold or heat, to 

 defend themselves against the attacks of enemies, 

 and to ensure sufficient provision of food during 

 those hard seasons of the year when the earth does 

 not yield in abundance. 



It must only be added, to avoid falling into 



