This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 Excerpt: ...by a whole army of people you call policemen. You make war upon and kill each other. When you are strongly tempted, great numbers of you give way--yes, and quite willingly too. Why, everything you know has been learned by copying and improving upon what the various creatures do, or by watching and studying the other ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 Excerpt: ...by a whole army of people you call policemen. You make war upon and kill each other. When you are strongly tempted, great numbers of you give way--yes, and quite willingly too. Why, everything you know has been learned by copying and improving upon what the various creatures do, or by watching and studying the other wondrous works of our Great and All-Wise Creator. The world wasn't made for you humanfolk only. Because you happen to be at the top of the Tree of Evolution, it doesn't justify you in wantonly taking the lives of all other creatures just because they have not reached the stage of development you call "human." THE RESCUE I am a womanfolk baboon, and I live with a small clan amongst some rocky hills of the Karoo. One day we decided to climb the steep rugged sides of a bush-covered hill, where a scout had told us there was an abundance of wild fruits and berries, as well as three bees' hives. My little boy was four months old, and was growing very heavy. Fearing to take him with me lest he might get injured, or in my endeavour to hold him I might lose my foothold and fall to the bottom of the cliff, I left him to amuse himself on a large flat boulder. I knew there were no leopards or wild cats about, and humanfolk had never been known to come so far into the stony valley, so I had no fears for his safety. To make sure he didn't get into mischief, I ordered two of the bigger boys to stay and look after him. You know what boys are. As soon as we had disappeared they went off hunting away down the valley, taking my little son with them. It seems there happened to be one of those naturalist humanfolk prowling about. These fellows poke and spy into every cranny and corner, and nothing misses their practised eyes. He spied the three boy baboons...
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Good. No Jacket. Boards are shelf rubbed and edge worn. foxing and markings. ex-library copy with stamps, inscriptions and a sticker. fairly good copy. [SK]