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nearly as well.

There is, however, a more wonderful advantage that comes from the
close attachment between mother and offspring. This intimate
relationship brings about an affection of the mother for her young
heretofore unknown in the animal world. It is somewhat paralleled
among birds, but here the care of the nestling is less intimate, far
less maternal, than the care of the mammal for her young. As the
number of the young grows less and the care taken of them increases,
the intensity of the affection also increases. By the time we get as
high as the dog or the cat this fondness becomes a fierce,
self-sacrificing love. When we come to man, with his high intellectual
powers, with his deeper moral sense, we find a wonderful change. This
love of the mother for her child has grown into the finest emotion
possible to the human heart. It no longer is confined to the dependent
life of the child, but follows the offspring through its entire life,
guiding, guarding, shaping its destiny, handing on to the child the
treasured wisdom of the race. Influenced by the example of the mother,
the father comes to have a love for his children. It is not so strong
as that of the mother, nor so utterly unselfish, but it is still a
noble and exquisite love. Developing in a different direction, the
love of the mother for her children grows as civilization advances,
and spreads over the father of those children as well. Again
reflecting her love, the man finds himself filled with a new feeling
for the woman. It is never as unselfish, as free from desire, as is
her love, but it completely transforms his relation to her. What has
been with him simply desire is ennobled and enriched until it becomes
the finest passion of his life, absolutely transforming him, in
relation to her, from a selfish brute into a tender and life-long
companion. So utterly does the love thus engendered transfigure human
life that when we seek to express the divine nature in human terms,
and these are the only terms we know how to use, the richest
revelation that has come to us is the conception taught by the Master
that "God is Love" and that "as a father pitieth his children, so the
Lord loveth them that fear him."

CHAPTER VIII

THE STORY OF THE HORSE

Ever since men have been familiar with the idea of evolution there has
been a temptation on the part of the zooelogist to draw up pedigrees
expressing the relationship between the various group