OUR FRIEND THE DOG 



of gratitude and more devoted 

 than the apple of our eye. He 

 is our intimate and impassioned 

 slave, whom nothing discourages, 

 whom nothing repels, whose ardent 

 trust and love nothing can impair. 

 He has solved, in an admirable 

 and touching manner, the terrify- 

 ing problem which human wisdom 

 would have to solve if a divine 

 race came to occupy our globe. 

 He has loyally, religiously, irrevo- 

 cably recognized man's superior- 

 ity and has surrendered himself ^ 



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