The Dawn of Reason by James Weir
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Title: The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals
Author: James Weir
Release Date: May 25, 2007 [EBook #21608]
Language: English
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THE DAWN OF REASON
OR
MENTAL TRAITS IN THE LOWER ANIMALS
BY JAMES WEIR, JR., M.D.
New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD. 1899
All rights reserved
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COPYRIGHT, 1899, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.--Berwick & Smith Norwood Mass. U.S.A.
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To My Father
WHO, WHILE NOT A SCIENTIST, HAS YET TAKEN
AN INTELLIGENT AND APPRECIATIVE
INTEREST IN MY WORK
THIS BOOK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED
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PREFACE
Most works on mind in the lower animals are large and ponderous volumes, replete with technicalities, and unfit for the general reader; therefore the author of this book has endeavored to present the evidences of mental action,