Evolutional ethics and animal psychology by Evans Edward Payson 1831-

Author:Evans, Edward Payson, 1831- [from old catalog]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Ethics, Evolutionary. [from old catalog], Psychology, Comparative
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and company
Published: 1897-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

with the progress of the age. The materials employed correspond to the contemporary state of civilization, and mark the periods of industrial development through which the human race has passed. The wagtails, in a watch-making district of Switzerland, have learned to build their nests of line steel shavings; a nest of this kind, if preserved, would indicate to the inhabitants of that country a thousand years hence the kind of industry that was carried on by their ancestors. Sparrows, which usually build in chinks of walls or under roofs, if forced to build their nests in trees or other unsheltered places, cover them with a sort of hood to keep out the rain. Buff on, who records this fact, adds: Uinstinct se manifest done ici par un sentiment presque raisonne et qui suppose au mains la comparaison de deux petites idees. In the presence of such clear manifestations of thought and reflection, it seems absurd to speak of a " sentiment almost reasoned," or to indulge in condescending baby-talk about "two little ideas."

Apiarists now provide their hives with artificial comb foundation on which the bees build and are thus relieved of some of the labour performed by their predecessors.* Instead of gathering propolis from the buds of plants, the workers stop their hives with the mixture of resin and turpentine with which the arboriculturist salves wounded trees, and readily substitute oatmeal or the flour of wheat and rye for pollen, if they can not easily procure the latter. In countries where the flowers blossom late these surrogates are

* A very superior kind of comb foundation is manufactured by Gustav Ad. Friderich in Greifswald, Germany.

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