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OUR FRIEND THE DOG 



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the depths of unwearied nature, 

 quite fresh news of life and trust- 

 ing and wonderstruck, as though 

 he had been the first of his race 

 that came to inaugurate the earth 

 and as though we were still in the 

 first days of the world's existence, 

 I envied the gladness of his cer- 

 tainty, compared it with the destiny 

 of man, still plunging on every side 

 into darkness, and said to myself 

 that the dog who meets with a good 

 master is the happier of the two. 



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