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Procuring or retaining the former rather than the latter. Even purely animal preference has such an influence. There would be no nests if birds did not like to make them and select suitable places and materials for them. But their preferences are in general fixed for them by their organic constitution whereas human preferences are determined by the more or less reflective apprehension of grounds. The ground may be the mere fact of liking but at least it is hardly ever the mere liking of the organism. prev next |