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Origin of Speech.
The power of speech is derived from Rangi and Papa, and a different speech was given to man and a different speech to birds, and to dogs, and to fish, and to insects. For birds, and reptiles, and fish all possess the power of speech, although
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it be not understood by man. We cannot understand the words of their speech. It is only when we are dreaming that we hear dogs, and birds, and reptiles make use of human speech.