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stance of things, we must needs 

 cling to appearances; and it is 

 sweet to establish that, at least 

 in appearance, there is on the 

 planet where, like unacknowl- 

 edged kings, we live in solitary 

 state, a being that loves us* 



However the case may stand 

 with these appearances, it is none 

 the less certain that, in the aggre- 

 gate of intelligent creatures that 

 have rights, duties, a mission and 

 a destiny, the dog is a really 

 privileged animaL He occupies 

 in this world a pre-eminent posi- 



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