ever his politics may be. So, indeed, the discovery of a single 

 useful species, or the finding of a new use for an already service- 

 able animal, may be the means of adding millions to the revenues 

 of a nation. No country can consider the exjDloitation of .its ani- 

 mal resources completed until it has thus pressed the last recruit 

 into its services and developed it to its highest capacity. 



3. This brings us to the last and highest ideal to be sought 

 in our use and treatment of animals, namely, the development of 

 a stronger sympathy between us and our dumb friends by edu- 

 cating not only them but ourselves as well. Professor Shaler, in 

 his convincing way, shows us that the animals most companion- 

 able with man have developed human qualities of mind by long 

 processes of artificial selection. This is illustrated in what we 

 all recognize as a well-bred dog; and who of us does not recog- 

 nize a well-bred dog as instinctively as a well-bred man? That 

 the domestic animal should become assimilated, in mental traits, 

 to its lord and master is as fortunate as it is natural, for it opens 

 up to us immense possibilities. If .in the future as much atten- 

 tion shall be given to the improvement of animals in this line 

 as in the past we have bestowed on the development of certain 

 physical "points" in every breed of clogs or horses or pigeons, we 

 may expect to bring our animals into more helpful and affectionate 

 relationships with us than ever before. Indeed, such a result is 

 inevitable as surely as it is ever attempted by the scientific breeder. 

 If you find your dog companionable in your romps through the 

 country or in the quieter hours that you spend at the fireside, why 

 shall not his descendants in future ages be still more worthy to 

 associate on terms of intimacy with the very best families ? Have 

 we ever thought of the possible social status of some of our dumb 

 friends, a few centuries hence? 



They say that "slumming" has a most Avholesome influence 

 on the social missionary. By a sort of natural reciprocity he re- 

 ceives from his lowly environment as much as he gives, and so 

 he develops a fine personality while sacrificing himself for others. 

 It is equally true that if we adopt the honest and human atti- 

 tude toward the animals, using them for our convenience, if we 

 choose, but treating them always with the consideration due to 

 every fellow creature, we shall minister to the development of our 



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