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DOGS 



who kept a badger in his yard ; and it is only 

 among barbarians of the coal and iron counties 

 that dogs are deliberately pitted in single combat. 

 Any interference with the wise arrangements of 

 Nature is simply changing beauty into deformity ; 

 and mutilation in any shape, as it is opposed to 

 humanity, is discountenanced nowadays by the 

 judges at dog shows. 



