cow KAISERISM 



was in possession of the visible water supply and was 

 bound to show her authority, even if she fr-fr-froze. 

 She got out of the way of the swinging kick I 

 launched at her, and my leg almost pulled itself out 

 by the roots. Such conduct on the part of a cow 

 leads me to believe just the opposite to Gratiano, 

 who was inclined 



"To hold opinion with Pythagoras, 

 That souls of animals infuse themselves 

 Into the trunks of men." 



I incline to the belief the souls of men infuse 

 themselves into the trunks of animals, for it does not 

 seem possible that by any process of evolution ani- 

 mals should develop such human meanness. I have 

 often seen human beings play just such tricks as 

 that cow played, and it strikes me as being of wholly 

 human origin. In the same way I have always 

 doubted the "dog in the manger" story. I have 

 never seen the trick of keeping another animal from 

 using something that was of no use to itself played 

 by any dog of my acquaintance. The trait is wholly 

 human, and can be accounted for only on a theory of 

 transmigration. The Jimmy-cow must be occupied 

 by the spirit of some gripping old miser, for she has 



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