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I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the

I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the “lower animals” (so called) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me. – Mark Twain, Letters from the Earth, 1907

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Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Animals awaken, first facially, then bodily. Mens bodies wake before their faces do. The animal sleeps within its body, man sleeps with his body in his mind. – Malcolm De Chazal

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It often happens that a man is more humanely related to a cat or dog than to any human being. – Henry David Thoreau

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