ON THE MANUSCRIPTS OF GOD 



distance between her and the elusive apple, 

 which still escaped her by a paltry fraction 

 of an inch. It was a hard, green apple, that 

 might have set on edge the teeth of the cow's 

 descendants, but she knew not how kind was 

 Fate in her denial, and those of us who 

 watched her reflected that, had only the for- 

 bidden fruit of Eden grown on a bough as 

 far beyond the reach of Eve as was this apple 

 beyond the reach of the cow, we might still 

 but no ; Eve would have coaxed Adam to 

 climb the tree! 



Returning, however, to our cow, tempo- 

 rarily sidetracked by Eve, if one must speak 

 all and truly a habit always attended by 

 risks one learns by living in a pasture that 

 the manners of a cow sometimes leave much 

 to be desired. That delicate perception and 

 consideration for the feelings of others which 

 lie at the root of all good manners are wholly 

 lacking in a cow. 



Nevertheless, although this fact may have 

 most discomforting illustrations, one cannot 

 cherish unkindly feelings toward the cow, 



since her lack of tact grows out of her lack 



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