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Third Letter to Tahira
No Tahira, there is a whole lot of difference between a child and the young one of an animal. The young one of an animal is born with instincts which training cannot change. If before it opens its eyes, a pup is made to suckle a goat, it would not be affected in any way. It will remain a dog, and grow up to be a dog. It will have all the dog-traits and none of the goat. Its instincts would neither be affected by the goat's milk, nor by having been brought up with goats kids. Why go far, didn't you observe the results when your hen was hatching her own and the duck's eggs together? The eggs produced chicks and ducklings, and all were cared for under the wings of the hen. But when they faced water for the first time, the ducklings went straight in the water and the hen and chicks remained out. The hen's worry was worth watching, but the ducklings were quite unaware of the fact that they had done something to be worried about. On the contrary the chicks did not go near the water. Being brought up with, and in the company of chicks had no effect on them, and neither would it be so in the future. Ducklings remain ducklings
