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chained to his kennel affords proof of this. If further 
evidence be demanded, there are the unmistakable signs 
of pleasure exhibited by a dog when his master picks 
up hat and stick. Man has taken away from the dog 
his chief occupation, and often gives him little or nothing 
to do in return. The same, indeed, applies to other 
domestic animals, but they show no signs of ennui. 
Between them and the dog there is a difference. The 
latter has become the friend and companion of man, 
and in consequence has acquired a little of his master’s 
restless spirit. The dog, therefore, stands upon a plane 
above that occupied by the rest of the lower animals. 
