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 horror in the Middle state, and ensure his speedier entrance into the lovely gardens of the Soul-world! The same principle is demonstrated even among the animals, between opposite species of whom the fondest attachments often exist, as is seen in the Happy Families of menageries; the love of a lion for a tigress, a cat for a rat, a horse for a hog, a serpent for a rabbit, and last and greatest, the love of the dog for man—an affection so deep and pure, that it puts that between human beings to the blush of shame by comparison; for the dog—generous, noble dog!—everywhere sacrifices every other love, and devotes his entire being to the services of his human friend.

Dogs and birds abound in both the Spirit and the Soul-worlds. In both they are representatives of states—loves, affections—and are found in the former realm quite as often as in the latter, for the reason that the coarsest, most wicked, and brutal man, he who most violently hates his kind, yet must, and does, and will love something, and the dog is almost universally that object, else a bird or fowl; for how often do you see the drunkard followed by his faithful cur, and how frequently the hardest man in a community lavishes the most tender care upon a fowl—a game-cock, a parrot or canary—sweet, beautiful, lovely canary! The first reply to the question, 'Shall we friends meet again?' must be answered affirmatively. You will meet, but whether ye remain together is another question, and depends altogether on the rapidity with which the one shall unfold and develope up to the point occupied by the other. But, if the one friend belongs to one order, and the other to a higher, then the electric chain