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not make some use of it? Not much, I
am sure. Dogs and cats, rats and mice,
squirrels and rabbits, geese and ducks—
all these animals, though they do not get
hold of so much knowledge as we have,
generally use what little knowledge they
do get. They make the most of it.
When they have learned a good lesson,
they remember it. It is not necessary,
in most cases, to keep teaching the same
lesson, over and over again, to the same
dog, for instance, after he has once got it
by heart. Even the goose, whom we
are in the habit of calling a very stupid
creature, when she has learned a lesson,
generally keeps it in mind, and practices