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perceive, that I consider them to form one great 

 family, which is capable of having produce, of 

 all sizes, shapes and propensities ; but entirely 

 without pretension to reasoning faculties. That, 

 a dog uneducated in his own native wilds, is 

 nothing superior to the surrounding quadrupeds; 

 but that, when he has been educated, is well 

 taken care of, and is kindly treated, he becomes the 

 servant, the defender, and the associate of man 

 himself, the universally acknowledged lord of all 

 created things. 



