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The great error in these and similar speculations is that the

difference between man and the animals is forgotten in them. The

human being is regarded with the eye of a dog- or bird-fancier,

or at best of a slave-owner; the higher or human qualities are

left out. The breeder of animals aims chiefly at size or speed or

strength; in a few cases at courage or temper; most often the

fitness of the animal for food is the great desideratum. But

mankind are not bred to be eaten, nor yet for their superiority

in fighting or in running or in drawing carts. Neither does the

improvement of the human race consist merely in the increase of

the bones and flesh, but in the growth and enlightenment of the

mind. Hence there must be 'a marriage of true minds' as well as

of bodies, of imagination and reason as well as of lusts and

instincts.