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The Story of the Mind

CHAPTER III
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_n_, successive generations.

Solid lines, nervous equipment in the direction of the instinct.

Dotted lines, intelligence supplementing the nervous equipment.

The intelligence is relied upon to keep the species alive until by congenital variations the nervous equipment becomes "perfect."] This theory is directly confirmed by the facts, already spoken of, which show that many instincts are imperfect, but are pieced out and made effective by the intelligent imitations and acquisitions of the young creatures.


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