...animal whatever, endowed with well marked social instincts, would inevitably acquire a moral sense or a conscience, as soon as its intellectual powers had become as well developed as in man " (Descent, vol. 1, p. 68). But this statement, so fairly presenting the theory under review,...

...modifications of past generations have undergone. And the late Mr. Darwin thought it probable in a high degree that any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked...as well developed, or nearly as well developed, as man's. DAMON. I have the greatest respect for all facts, and consider that we owe much, both to Mr....

...— namely, " that any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts, would indubitably acquire a moral sense or conscience as soon as its...developed, or nearly as well developed, as in man." This social instinct leads man and other animals to take pleasure in each other's company, and to perform...

...social instincts," which " have certainly been developed for the general good of the community." "Thus any animal whatever endowed with well-marked social...or conscience, as soon as its intellectual powers bad become ae well developed, or nearly as -well developed, as in man."f Again: "The first foundation...

...developed for the general good of the community." " Thus any animal whatever (Descent of Man, vol. ip 68.), endowed with well-marked social instincts, would inevitably...developed, or nearly as well developed, as in man." Again: "The first foundation or origin of moral sense lies in the social instincts, including sympathy....

..."endowed with well-marked social instincts, the parental and filial affections being here included, would inevitably acquire a moral sense, or conscience,...soon as its intellectual powers had become as well, or nearly as well, developed as in man." Hot that any social animal, with the same mental faculties,...

...proposition in his discussion of the moral sense* is that he thinks it '• in a high degree probable that any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked...developed, or nearly as well developed, as in man." Thus Darwin derives conscience from the combined operation of the social instincts and the intellectual...

...have been a first step in the formation of the language." Conscience ? " The following proposition seems to me in a high degree probable, namely that...instincts, would inevitably acquire a moral sense, a conscience, as soon as its intellectual powers should become as well developed, or nearly as well,...

...expressed. According to Darwin (" Descent of Man," pt. i., c. 4.), any animal endowed with well-marked instincts would inevitably acquire a moral sense or...soon as its intellectual powers had become as well, or nearly as well, developed as in man. According to Mr. Herbert Spencer, there are two characteristics...

...Mr. Darwin's practice of begging the question at issue, we may quote the following assertion:—'Any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts,...developed, or nearly as well developed, as in man' (vol. i. p. 71). This is either a monstrous assumption or a mere truism; it is a truism, for, of course,...