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recognize the picture of a horse�察�a donkey�察�a hat�察�or a man on horseback�察�or 

that they should spontaneously report to their master the little events that 

happen   in   the   stable�察  �but   it   is   certain   that   our   own   dog   is   incessantly 

performing a similar work and that his eyes�察�if we could read them�察�would 

tell   us   a   great   deal   more。   The   primary   miracle   of   Elberfeld   is   that   the 

stallions should have been given the means of expressing what they think 

and     feel。  It  is  momentous�察       �but�察  �when     closely    looked    into�察  �it  is  not 

incomprehensible。 Between the talking horses and my silent dog there is 

an   enormous   distance�察  �but   not   an   abyss。   I   am   saying   this   not   to   detract 

from the nature or extent of the  prodigy�察�but to call attention to the  fact 

that the theory of animal intelligence is more justifiable and less fanciful 

than one is at first inclined to think。 



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     But the second and greater miracle is that man should have been able 

to   rouse    the   horse    from    his  immemorial        sleep�察  �to  fix  and    direct   his 

attention     and    to   interest   him    in   matters    that   are   more     foreign    and 

indifferent to him than the variations of temperature in Sirius or Aldebaran 

are to us。 It really seems�察�when we consider our preconceived ideas�察�that 

there   is   not   in   the   animal   an   organic   and insurmountable   inability  to   do 

what   man's   brain   does�察  �a   total   and   irremediable   absence   of   intellectual 

faculties�察  �but   rather   a   profound   lethargy   and   torpor   of   those   faculties。   It 

lives    in  a   sort  of   undisturbed      stolidity�察  �of  nebulous      slumber。    As    Dr。 

Ochorowicz very justly remarks�察 �its waking state is very near akin to the 

state of a man walking in his sleep。; Having no notion of space or time�察�it 

spends its life�察�one may say�察�in a perpetual dream。 It does what is strictly 

necessary to keep itself alive�察�and all the rest passes over it and does not 

penetrate      at  all   into   its  hermetically      closed    imaginings。      Exceptional 

circumstancessome           extraordinary       need�察   �wish�察   �passion     or  shockare 

required   to   produce   what   M。   Hachet´Souplet   calls   ;the   psychic   flash; 

which suddenly thaws and galvanizes its brain�察�placing it for a minute in 



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the   waking   state   in   which   the   human   brain   works   normally。   Nor   is   this 

surprising。 It does not need that awakening in order to exist�察�and we know 

that   nature    never   makes     great   superfluous     efforts。。   ;The   intellect�察─  �as 

Professor Clarapede well says�察 �appears only as a makeshift�察�an instrument 

which betrays that the organism is not adapted to its environment�察�a mode 

of expression which reveals a state of impotence。; 

     It is probable that our brain at first suffered from the same lethargy�察�a 

condition�察�for that   matter�察�from  which   many  men have   not yet   emerged�察�

and it is even more probable that�察�compared with other modes of existence�察�

with other psychic phenomena�察�on another plane and in another sphere�察�the 

dense sleep in which we move is similar to that in which the lower animals 

have their being。 It also is traversed�察�with increasing frequency�察�by psychic 

flashes of a different order and a different scope。 Seeing�察�on the one side�察�

the   intellectual   movement   that   seems   to   be   spreading   among   our   lesser 

brothers      and�察   �on    the    other�察   �the   ever    more      constantly     repeated 

manifestations   of   our   subconsciousness�察  �we   might   even   ask   ourselves   if 

we have not here�察�on two different planes�察�a tension�察�a parallel pressure�察�a 

new desire�察�a new attempt of the mysterious spiritual force which animates 

the universe and which seems to be incessantly seeking fresh outlets and 

fresh   conducting   rods。   Be  this   as   it   may�察 �when   the  flash   has   passed�察  �we 

behave      very   much     as   the   animals    do�此  �we    promptly      lapse   into   the 

indifferent   sleep   which   suffices   also   for   our   miserable   ways。  We   ask   no 

more   of   it�察  �we   do   not   follow   the   luminous   trail   that   summons   us   to   an 

unknown   world�察  �we   go   on   turning   in   our   dismal   circle�察  �like   contented 

sleep´walkers�察      �while    Isis'  sistrum   rattles   without    respite   to  rouse    the 

faithful。 



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     I repeat�察�the great miracle of Elberfeld is that of having been able to 

prolong and reproduce at will those isolated ;psychic flashes。; The horses�察�

in comparison with the other animals�察�are here in the state of a man whose 

subliminal consciousness had gained the upper hand。 That man would lead 

a   higher   existence�察  �in   an   almost   immaterial   atmosphere�察  �of   which   the 



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phenomena of   metaphysics�察�sparks   falling from  a region   which we   shall 

perhaps     one   day   reach�察   �sometimes     give   us   an  uncertain    and   fleeting 

glimpse。   Our   intelligence�察  �which   is   really   lethargy   and   which   keeps   us 

imprisoned in a little hollow of space and time�察�would there be replaced by 

intuition�察   �or   rather   by   a  sort  of   imminent      knowledge      which    would 

forthwith make us sharers in all that is known to a universe which perhaps 

knows all things。 Unfortunately�察�we have not�察�or at least�察�unlike the horses�察�

we  are  not   acquainted   with   a  superior being   who  interests   himself  in   us 

and helps us to throw off our torpor。 We have to become our own god�察�to 

rise above ourselves and to keep ourselves raised by our unaided strength。 

It   is   almost   certain   that   the   horse   would   never   have   come   out   of   his 

nebulous sphere without man's assistance�察�but it is not forbidden to hope 

that man�察�with no other help than his own courage and high purpose�察�may 

yet succeed in breaking through the sleep that cramps him and blinds him。 



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     To come back then to our horses and to the main point�察�which is the 

isolated ;psychic flash�察─�it is admitted that they know the values of figures�察�

that they can distinguish and identify smells�察�colours�察�forms�察�objects and 

even graphic reproductions of those objects。 They also understand a large 

number   of   words�察  �including   some   of   which   they   were�察  �never   taught   the 

meaning�察�but which they picked up as they  went along by hearing them 

spoken      around     them。    They    have    learnt�察  �with   the   assistance    of   an 

exceedingly       complicated     alphabet�察   �to  reproduce     the   words�察   �thanks    to 

which      they     manage      to   convey      impressions�察     �sensations�察     �wishes�察�

associations of ideas�察�observations and even spontaneous reflections。 It has 

been held that all this implies real acts of intelligence。 It is�察�in fact�察�often 

very   difficult   to   decide   exactly   how   far   it   is   intelligence   and   how   far 

memory�察�instinct�察�imitative genius�察�obedience or mechanical impulse�察�the 

effects of training�察�or happy coincidences。 

     There are cases�察�however�察�which admit of little or no hesitation。 I give 

a few。 

     One   day   Krall   and   his   collaborator�察  �Dr。   Scholler�察  �thought   that   they 

would try and teach Mohammed to express himself in speech。 The horse�察�a 



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