O。M。Verywell。Youhaveconcededthereasoningpowerintwoinstances。Icomenowtoamentaldetailwhereintheantisalongwaythesuperiorofanyhumanbeing。SirJohnLubbockprovedbymanyexperimentsthatanantknowsastrangerantofherownspeciesinamoment，evenwhenthestrangerisdisguisedwithpaint。Alsoheprovedthatanantknowseveryindividualinherhiveoffivehundredthousandsouls。Also，afterayear’sabsenceoneofthefivehundredthousandshewillstraightwayrecognizethereturnedabsenteeandgracetherecognitionwithaaffectionatewelcome。Howaretheserecognitionsmade？Notbycolor，forpaintedantswererecognized。Notbysmell，forantsthathadbeendippedinchloroformwererecognized。Notbyspeechandnotbyantennaesignsnorcontacts，forthedrunkenandmotionlessantswererecognizedandthefrienddiscriminatedfromthestranger。Theantswereallofthesamespecies，thereforethefriendshadtoberecognizedbyformandfeature
friendswhoformedpartofahiveoffivehundredthousand！Hasanymanamemoryforformandfeatureapproachingthat？
Y。M。Certainlynot。
O。M。Franklin’santsandLubbuck’santsshowfinecapacitiesofputtingthisandthattogetherinnewanduntriedemergenciesanddeductingsmartconclusionsfromthecombinationsaman’smentalprocessexactly。Withmemorytohelp，manpreserveshisobservationsandreasonings，reflectsuponthem，addstothem，recombines，andsoproceeds，stagebystage，tofarresultsfromtheteakettletotheoceangreyhound’scomplexengine;frompersonallabortoslavelabor;
fromwigwamtopalace;fromthecapriciouschasetoagricultureandstoredfood;fromnomadiclifetostablegovernmentandconcentratedauthority;fromincoherenthordestomassedarmies。