"But I must freely confess, that the many Virtues of those excellent Quadrupeds placed in oppposite View to human Corruptions, had so far opened my Eyes, and enlarged my Understanding, that I began to view the Actions and Passions of Man in a very different Light; and to think the Honour of my own kind not worth managing; which, besides, it was ( Read more... )

Though complex in his sundry rituals and neuroses, Sam is a relatively simple creature in his beliefs. Like most of his domestic status (and here I am speaking of valetudinarians, infants, and dowager queens), he relies upon the basic call-and-response mechanism for his everyday needs and wants: When he desires to leave a closed room, he mewls; if ( Read more... )

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