…is symbolic, no question about it, but it is something that we have to give some thought to. I remember a story that Ernest Thompson Seton told me about a meeting of the Boy Scout Movement in Canada one year before he was still alive. And he was there…

…known ones. Most of the animals and birds and so forth in the Aesop fable collection are humanized. And I remember old Ernest Thompson Seton who was probably one of the great naturalists of his time, he told me one day, he said, you know, this has…

…know that its life was in danger even though the hunter had not fired his shot. The deer, to escape the hunter, rushed to Seton and stood alongside of him, even though Seton also carried a gun. The animals seemed to know that this man would not hurt…

…though the hunter had not fired his shot. The deer, to escape the hunter, rushed to Seton and stood alongside of him, even though Seton also carried a gun. The animals seemed to know that this man would not hurt him. And animals have on a number of…

…them closely because of their natures, we can at least recognize a kinship with all that lives. And this is very important. Ernest Thompson Seton told me once an interesting story. He was a great naturalist, as you know. And one time when he was out…

…the deer was uncertain where to go, what to do. He evidently sensed danger. And then what he did was to run over to Seton and stand there beside him. The deer took refuge with the human being. And another human being was out to shoot the deer. This…

…demons threatened our survival. In many instances we are ghosts and demons to the members of the lesser kingdoms. I remember Ernest Thompson Seton told me a very interesting story. He said that the mysterious influence of man in the life of the animal is…

…hard gristle and bone that most carnivores have to face. So all carnivorous animals are subject to the decline of their own teeth. Seton told me one day, and he was a very good naturalist, probably one of the best of his generation, that no animal is…