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DR. RAE has so fairly disposed of Mr. Henslow's examples of so-called “practical” and “abstract reasoning” that further comment is unnecessary. As, however, the subject of intellect in brutes is on the tapis, I will give an instance of sagacity in a dog that finally set at rest any doubts I ever entertained that the difference between human and animal intelligence is one of degree only.
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PRINGLE, E. Intellect in Brutes. Nature 19, 458–459 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/019458d0
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