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13ELEPHANT TEACHES A LESSON
But how thought travels; what refined mental ether conveys it outward with a speed that makes light as slow as a glacier by comparison, and with a force that sends it through walls of stone and into every darkness that the light cannot penetrate, this and the origin of thought are questions so deep that our science has barely formulated them, much less dreamed of an answer. — William Long
(Athena continues)
“Well, this strange episode I was telling you yesterday, as to how the animals were easily lured by man’s imitation of their talk, also had a revelation to the animals. Their kind of talk and communication could be easily turned against them by man, beguiling them; and all their acts of defiance, avoidance would all be in danger of coming to naught. We
