OUR FRIEND THE DOG 



to him body and soul, without 

 after-thought, without any inten- 

 tion to go back, reserving of his 

 independence, his instinct and his 

 character only the small part in- 

 dispensable to the continuation 

 of the life prescribed by nature. 

 With an unquestioning certainty, 

 an unconstraint and a simplicity 

 that surprise us a little, deeming 

 us better and more powerful than 

 all that exists, he betrays, for our 

 benefit, the whole of the animal 

 kingdom to which he belongs 

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