OUR FRIEND THE DOG 



time and the race, invade the 

 blood, the muscles and the nerves 

 and suddenly assert themselves 

 more irresistibly and more power- 

 fully than pain, the word of the 

 master himself, or the fear of 

 death ? 



Thus, for instance, to quote 

 only one example, >vhen the hour 

 of sleep has struck for men, you 

 kae~ retire^ to your hole, sur- 

 rounded by the darkness, the 

 silence and the formidable soli- 

 tude of the night. All is sleep 

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