The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-04-24
Animal Types Among Men.


little, II any, foundation, in fact,
some, who have presumed to in
form US on this line of thought,
have drawn largely on their imag-
NATIVE faculties, neither thinking
or caring whether their fanciful
ideas would meet with ready cred
cncc or be thrown aside. Their
object seems TO have been amusc-
ment rather than instruction. 9th
crs have given their talent aud en-
crgy to ascertain II possible II any
such relationship exists, and II so,
In what 1t consists. Why should
IL be thought incredible that man
and the animal creation should re-
scmble each other In some res
poets. Man has the instinct OF self
preservation, so has the animal.
Man as well as the animal has love
of life. They have the sense,
touch, taste, hearing and smelling
In common. Both are cautious,
s~ecrctivc, acquisitive, combative
and destructive, to n greater OF less
extent. Now II man shows a sly
sccrctive disposition. why should
he not have n cunning, foxy look,
why should not IA conscious sense
Of power and courage give him a
lion like expression. Animals
having broad heads arc more de-
structivc than those having narrow
heads. contrast the lion with the
deer In this respect. The tiger and
the lamb, how fierce and destruc-
tive the one, how cautious and
timid the other. Compare the
eagle with his wide head, curved
beak and powerful t%alons, to the
dove, that makes him n meal, you
can easily Q why N Is d%estruc-
tive, the other so timid. So II II
Is with those having wide heads
predominate v those having
narrow heads. Man, essentially,
has ever faculty that the animal
possesses. The mental basis OF
both rests on the same lower ma
turc. The grand difference lies in
the supcrstructurc. The animal Is
an animal and can he nothing
more. Man IL all this with reason
and spirituality supcraddcd. Why
then should there not be n rcscm-
blcncc between men and animals?
There are degrees of intelligence
10 the animal world just as there
are among men. While this Is true
there are distinctive differences
that stamp the one superior to the
other. Man has n three fold ma
ture, animal, intellectual and NOR
al. The last two make him n pro-
gressive being. Compare the wig
wan with the palace, the canoe
with the ocean steam ship, the
spinning-whccl with the power
loom, the rcaping hook with the
binder. The animal evidences in
no cnsc a disposition to improve
on former methods. The honey
comb of the bee Is no more perfect
today than II was two thousand
years ago. The same may be said
of animal life In all Its phases, he
Is stationary and his work re-
mains the same. being governed
by his instructive nature he can 20
no further. Mans strength men,
tally Is determined by his organi-
cation. He has a head that may
compared to a two story house
with a basement and no sky light,
while animals may be compared
to a N story house with a base
ment and sky-light. The instincts
are manifested by the organs In
the base Of the brain. The second
story embraces the reasoning ia
culties, the inventive talent, moral
power, sense Of worship, Of justice,
kindness, sympathy, and stability
OF character. These faculties give
TO man his superiority over the