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[in another hand:] Descent of Man. Draft of part of p. 46, 1st vol. 1st ed.

 

Ch. I

But As dogs, cats & probably all the higher animals, even birds as is stated by a good authority * (8) dreaming vividly have vivid dreams, this being shown by their movements & voice, we must admit though they also possess some power of imagination.)

(of all the faculties of the human mind, it will, I presume, be admitted that Reason stands highest. Most will put Few persons now believe any longer dispute that animals possess some degree of reason, & they animals may without a doubt constantly be seen to pause, deliberate & resolve. It is a significant fact that there is hardly any exception to the rule, that the more any naturalist studies the habits of some particular animal, the more he attributes to reason & somewhat less to unlearnt instincts.*(9) We shall see in the our future chapters that some animals extremely low in the scale apparently display a certain amount of