The Village Shepherd
Shame
Sermon
It is said that one thing which distinguishes human beings from the great apes and other animals, is our vast range of sophisticated emotions. This is not to say that animals -- especially the primates -- are incapable of feeling emotion, but it is to say that our emotions are hugely more complex and more deeply felt than those of the animal kingdom. Although a chimpanzee mother who has lost her baby will show clear signs of mourning for a while, she is less likely to show the all-consuming and enduring despair which a human mother will show.
