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are clogged, bound and fettered by a 
hundred habits that no free brute 
would endure for a moment. Pos- 
sibly we shall find that animals are less 
creatures of habit than we are; and 
one is sometimes forced by the evi- 
dence of his own eyes to the startling 
conclusion that some animals are 
quicker than either governments or 
churches, which are certainly among 
the best of our human institutions, to 
change their habits or adopt new ones 
when the need arises. 
A curious emphasis is laid, by con- 
trast, on this adaptability when you 
note the habits of sheep, which still 
follow a leader after the old wild 
manner. Unfortunately they follow 
