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The Dawn of Reason is a book on mental traits in the lower animals by James Weir. The preface says that the author of this book has endeavored to present the evidences of mental action, in creatures lower than man, in a clear, simple, and brief form. The text says that the nervous system of the nectocalyx is exceedingly sensitive, and that the nerve-ring is well supplied with epithelial and ganglionic nerve-cells.
The text says that mice not only enjoy the music of others but sometimes make music themselves, and describes their songs as low and musical, not unlike the song of the canary. The text calls the difference between instinct and reason not generally understood, and illustrates it with a hen which sits three weeks on a china egg and a turkey which discovers the eggs of her rival in her nest, and destroys them.
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- Author
- James Weir
- Reading time
- About 4 hours
- Pages
- 140
- Language
- English
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- Popular Science
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