...least, how far are they mere exquisite automatons ; how far are they conscious beings ? When we see an ant-hill, tenanted by thousands of industrious...altogether to deny to them the gift of reason ; and yet it is perhaps wiser to admit that the whole question is still a mystery, WEEKLY EVENING MEETING,...

...history of human development — the hunting, the pastoral, asd the agricultural stages. When we see an ant-hill tenanted by thousands of industrious inhabitants,...without confusion, it is difficult altogether to deny them some remarkable power of reason or intelligence. In conclusion, he said that, notwithstanding...

...ourselves how far are ants mere exquisite automatons ; how far are they conscious beings ? When we see an ant-hill, tenanted by thousands of industrious...opinion that their mental powers differ from those of men, not so much in kind as in degree. 182 CHAPTER VIII. ON THE SENSES OF ANTS. The Sense of Vision....

...competing species and communities, ants exhibit a considerable range of emotional development. 'When we see an ant-hill, tenanted by thousands of industrious...without confusion, it is difficult altogether to deny them the gift of reason,' or escape the conviction ' that their mental powers differ from those of...

...' When we see an ant-hill, tenanted by thousands of industrious inhabitants, excavating chainbe», forming tunnels, making roads, guarding their home,...without confusion, it is difficult altogether to deny them the gift of reason,' or escape the conviction ' that their mental powers differ from those of...

...ourselves how far are ants mere exquisite automatons ; how far are they conscious beings ? When we see an ant-hill, tenanted by thousands of industrious...opinion that their mental, powers differ from those of men not so much in kind as in degree." 2 On the other hand, the full-grown scale-insect consists simply...

...ourselves, How far are ants mere exquisite automatons ; how far are they conscious beings ? When we see an ant-hill, tenanted by thousands of industrious...opinion that their mental powers differ from those of men not so much in kind as in degree. Let me in conclusion once more say, that, notwithstanding the...

...ourselves how far they are mere exquisite automatons ; how far they are conscious beings ? When we watch an ant-hill tenanted by thousands of industrious inhabitants,...altogether to deny to them the gift of reason ; and all our 1 Ants, Bees, and Wasps. recent observations tend to confirm the opinion that their mental...

...will agree with Sir John Lubbock, to whose patient observations we owe so much, that, " when we see an ant-hill, tenanted by thousands of industrious...without confusion, it is difficult altogether to deny them the gift of reason," or, perhaps more accurately, intelligence, for we cannot escape the conviction...

...deny to them the gift of reason ; and all our 1 Ants, Bees, and Wasps. ii ON ANIMAL LIFE 69 recent observations tend to confirm the opinion that their mental powers differ from those of men, not so much in kind as in degree. CHAPTER III ON ANIMAL LIFE — continued An organic being is...