F. ANGELL, Leland Stanford, Jr., University; H. BEAUNIS, Univer- VOL. X. CLARK UNIVERSITY, WORCESTER, MASS. LOUIS N. WILSON, Publisher. 1898-99. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY Founded by G. STANLEY HALL in 1887. Vol. X. OCTOBER, 1898. No. I. THE MIGRATORY IMPULSE VS. LOVE OF HOME. By LINUS W. KLINE, Fellow in Psychology, Clark University. INTRODUCTION. The migration of animals and peoples, the wandering of tribes and roving impulse of the individual, have been woven into legends and myths, carved upon stone and written upon parchment, ever since the advent of human thought. 2 The predatory advance of the locust,' the measured flight of certain butterflies, the martial like procession of caterpillars and ants have long inspired wonder, superstition and thought, "The human race is more concerned in the movements and migrations of fish than in the, question of their permanent abode." To the ancients the flight of birds was a token of prosperity or adversity according to the direction of the flight. If an eagle flew over from left to right or from right to left, the former was regarded a good omen, the latter an evil one. Among the hieroglyphs on the monuments of the Pharoah's are represented wild-goose fowling as these birds were making their annual migrations through the Nile Valley. The prophet Jeremiah in rebuking the seared consciences of the Jews, spoke in this fashion: Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord. 5 The folk-lore of many tribes, the beginnings of many great 1 Figuier: The Insect World. Page 302. 2 Couch: Illustrations of Instinct, pp. 145-150. 3 Huber: Ants. Baird, Spencer F: U. S. Fish Com. Report, 1886, p. 47. |