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Another fact which Professor Kohler stressed was the mistaken idea of ape psychology which is held by many persons. "Apes do not ape," was the epitome of his discourse. Simian intelligence is not imitative; its advances are through trial and error or by a sudden comprehension of the key facts of a situation...
...make himself heard above a strange series of interruptions. Beside him, chattering, chirping, squeaking, a lively monkey tugged and chafed at the cord that tethered it to a broomstick. Brought into the pulpit by the preacher to advertise his bold sermon and to illustrate his bold points, the simian had to be held in place by the sermonizer's 12-year-old daughter...
...five days that have elapsed since then, no trace has been found of the simian wanderer. It was reported recently that he had been seen Wednesday near President Lowell's house, heading for the Union. But it was impossible to verify this rumor and all search in the vicinity has proved futile...
...simian impulse to make trouble, to substitute hatred and ill-feeling for common interest, cooperation and mutual esteem between the two great English-speaking nations, reacts not against Britain, British dominions or British interests, but against the United States itself, whose authority is flouted and whose reputation for the maintenance of the common decencies of national conduct are thus set at naught. The truth of this must inevitably dawn upon our neighbors sooner-or later. From the Montreal Star...