Brain and mind; or, Mental science considered in accordance withthe principles of phrenology, and in relation to modern physiology . e-sumption arises that he is endowed also with the matinginstinct. The fact that any class of animals manifests atrait which another class does not evince, is a proof of theexistence of that trait of character as a distinct and orig-inal power in the mind. The squirrel^ for instance, storesup its winters supply of provision in the fall, when it isabundant, and in this evinces the hoarding instinct, or Ac-quisitiveness. The horse, the cow, and the sheep, on theoth
Brain and mind; or, Mental science considered in accordance withthe principles of phrenology, and in relation to modern physiology . e-sumption arises that he is endowed also with the matinginstinct. The fact that any class of animals manifests atrait which another class does not evince, is a proof of theexistence of that trait of character as a distinct and orig-inal power in the mind. The squirrel^ for instance, storesup its winters supply of provision in the fall, when it isabundant, and in this evinces the hoarding instinct, or Ac-quisitiveness. The horse, the cow, and the sheep, on theother hand, make no provision whatever for the future, butwould trample underfoot to-day the surplus of food which 198 BRAIN AND MIND. would be necessary to them to-morrow. Again, the beaveishows the constructive instinct in a remarkable degree,while our domestic animals never make the slightest at-tempt at construction ; consequently, we infer that the dis-position to build is a distinct and original power of some animals choose a sexual mate, and remain firmlyattached to that mate for life—as the lion, the eagle, and. Fig. 96.—Conjugality Large. the dove. Our domestic animals, on the other hand, donot choose mates, but associate promiscuously. Those ani-mals which mate, moreover, are as constant in their attach-ment throughout the year as they are during the procreat-ive season, thus showing that their bond of union does notarise from Amativeness. It is thus logically inferred that(onjugality, or the disposition to choose a sexual mate, isa distinct mental faculty. And as man is endowed with PROBABLE ORGANS. 199 all the other faculties which are displayed by the lower ani-mals, it is not unreasonable to suppose that Conjugalitymay constitute a distinct element in his mental constitu-tion. It is indeed asserted that the attachment between hus-band and wife may be referred to the combined activity ofthe organs of Amativeness and Adhesiveness; yet thesefaculties are po
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