Epilogue, by Jeffery Chambers-
The following story has been written by my hand at the request of one of my greatest friends. I feel I have completed my promise diligently without interjecting my personal feelings into the story. I felt it would be inappropriate to do so as this is Christopher’s story and not mine. However I would now like to take the opportunity to briefly share my feelings on the decisions he made and the conclusions he reached. I would like for it to be known that I do not agree with my friend Christopher about the majority of his conclusions. To say the least, he was a remarkable individual with a unique mind. After all, it’s not everyday that an animal teaches itself to talk then begins to explore the complicated questions surrounding the purpose of life. I believe that it was this unique mind that prevented Christopher from being happy. I offered him a life of comfort where he would never again have to be bothered by such troublesome questions but he refused. He couldn’t live with the knowledge that he was living well, while other animals were suffering. I wish I could have made him understand that there is nothing he could do to change others. The best he could do is to set a good example and hope others would follow. I feel Christopher’s story is a warning example for all. Christopher was stubborn. He refused to compromise. He would rather end his life than live in a world that made no sense to him. In making this rash and foolish decision he has robbed us of the most remarkable animal mind the world has ever known.
The greatest lesson I’ve learned from my friend’s tragic story is the importance of humility. As human beings we often praise humility as a noble quality but in practice it is shunned. In order to succeed in life most people feel the need to dominate others. It’s a dog eat dog world. Whether we admit it or not we are all influenced by this prevailing attitude. At times while Christopher was relating his story to me I marveled at his reasoning ability. It was not hard to see why he inspired confidence in the animals around him. Notwithstanding, I’ve now had time to reflect on Christopher’s course and a certain fact stands out to me as noteworthy. This fact, which now seems to me to be so obvious, was never even considered by me while I was listening to the recounting of his tale. I’m a little embarrassed to admit this because the before mentioned fact involves me directly. What I’m referring to is the fact that although Christopher acknowledges his awareness of the existence of man, he never draws the obvious conclusion that their exists an organized system of things beyond his own. He uses animal’s existence and surrounding circumstances as a starting point to explain everything else in the world. Therefore he takes his own existence for granted. You and I know that there exist societies and systems of things far more advanced than that of the animal world. But we know this only because we are part of such a system. Pride is what caused my friend to overlook such an obvious fact. Perhaps we as human beings should all ask ourselves if pride is causing us to overlook similar facts. But that’s just one man’s opinion.
Sincerely,
Jeffery Chambers
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