. A book of mortals ; being a record of the good deeds and good qualities of what humanity is pleased to call the lower animals. Animal intelligence; Animals, Folklore. CHARACTER AND CONDUCT. F men's dictum that " the whole gist of ethics is in the regulation of life from the stand- point of eternity " be true, it would be idle to ascribe any character to the beasts that perish, since we dare not dogmatise as to their mental position. Yet, if it would go beyond our experience to yield them such a standpoint, it would equally falsify our experience not to admit that they show the outw
. A book of mortals ; being a record of the good deeds and good qualities of what humanity is pleased to call the lower animals. Animal intelligence; Animals, Folklore. CHARACTER AND CONDUCT. F men's dictum that " the whole gist of ethics is in the regulation of life from the stand- point of eternity " be true, it would be idle to ascribe any character to the beasts that perish, since we dare not dogmatise as to their mental position. Yet, if it would go beyond our experience to yield them such a standpoint, it would equally falsify our experience not to admit that they show the outward and visible signs of most inward and spiritual graces. It may be that the gentle beasts see, more clearly than we do, the folly of attempting to dissociate one part of Eternity from another by labelling it Time—since if Eternity exists at all it must exist in this present. It may be that they have a firmer grip than we have on the whole mystery of Life and Death ; but if so, we know it not. They are dumb, devoid, so far as we know, of creed or questioning. But so (as far also as our knowledge goes) is many a man from whose outward actions we unhesitatingly infer inward motives ; although we know from experience that, without some confession of faith by which to test the true bearings of action, it is impossible to distinguish unconscious. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Steel, Flora Annie Webster, 1847-1929. London : W. Heinemann
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