The Sense of the Beautiful in Brutes [pp. 126-142]

THE SENSE OF THE
temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts
which drown men ill destruction and perdition. For the love of
money is the root of all evil; which, while some have coveted after,
they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through
with many sorrows." Blessed are they who "know both how to be
abased and how to abound;" in poverty to be content with such
things as they have; in abundance, to give freely thereof for the
blessing of man and the glory of God.
How abundant and mournful the recent illustrations of the
difficulty of reaching the summits of success, without being made
too giddy to hold them! How many of our Napoleons in business who, iby a series of brilliant moves, attained fabulous
wealth, have proved Napoleons, also, in making this success a
pinnacle from which to plunge themselves down to a corresponding ruin. "Wherefore let himl that thinketh he standeth
take heed lest he fall."
ART. VII. —TrHE SENSE OF THIE BEAU'rTIFUL 1IN BRUTRES.
PSYCHOLOGICAL DARWINISM AND COMPARATIVE PSYCIIOLOGY.*
By Al. Chlarles L6veLrtue, Metmber of the Institute of France. Tra,nslated from
the ]Tevte des (leuar -io(les.
Undisturbed by the astonishment it excites and the indignation
it kindclles, Darwinismn pursues its course with an imperturbable
serenity. Assisted almost as muchl by the alwkwardness of some
of its adversaries as by the zeal of its friends, it naturally gains
headway under the fortunate breezes which propel it. Those
who have observed it with an attentive eye can testify that in
*I. The Origin of Species, by Charles Darn-in, translated by 5I. Moulinie; 1873.
II. 2h~e Descenf of Axt,. a Scxml delectio?,, by Charles DarN in, translatted( by M.
Moulinie; 1872. III. The ]Jicression of the Emtotions in Jai?e(( Ani7nas, by
Charles Darwin, London, 1873. IV. L'itstinicte, ses r av)ports avec la vie et (avec
l'tdelligence, par H. Joly, 2e rdition, 1873. Y. -,aturcal Selection, Essays by A.
R. WaLce, translated by I. Lucien de Candolle, 1872. VII lfaecel etet la theorie de
Z'evolutioet n Alileinatg. par I. Leon A. Dumont, 1873.'VIII Le Genese des
espices, par Pl. H. de Valroger, 1873,. VII. Le Beatut et son Hijstoire, par X. Ph,
GauckleIr, 1873.
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