58 APES AND MONKEYS 



such a scene cannot fully appreciate it. Only those who 

 have experienced the warm and unselfish friendship of these 

 little creatures can realize how strong the attachment 

 becomes. The love of these little creatures is proof against 

 gossip, and their tongues are free from it. 



Among the many captives of the simian race who spend 

 their lives in iron prisons, adding to the wealth and gratify- 

 ing the cruelty of man, — not to expiate any crime, — I 

 have many little friends. I am attached to them. So far 

 as I can see, their devotion to me is as warm and sincere 

 as that of any human being. I must confess that I am too 

 obtuse to discern in what way the love they have for me 

 differs from my own for them. I cannot see in what re- 

 spect their love is less sublime than human love. I cannot 

 discern in what respect the affection of a dog for a kind 

 master differs from that of a child for a kind parent. I 

 fail to see in what respect the sense of fear of a cruel 

 master differs from that of the child toward a cruel parent. 

 It is mere sentiment that ascribes to the passion of a child 

 a higher source than the same passion in the dog or the 

 monkey. The dog could have loved or feared another 

 master just as well. Filial love or fear reaches out its 

 tendrils just as far when all the ties of kindred blood are 

 removed. It has been said that for one we are able to 

 assign a reason why, while the other feeling is a mere im- 

 pulse. I am too dull to understand how reason actuates to 

 love, and instinct to mere attachment. I do not believe 

 that in the intrinsic nature of these passions there is any 

 essential difference. Whether it be reason or instinct in 

 man, the affections of the lower animals are actuated by 



