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... human . The desire for re- latedness and for genuine communication is the genesis of the human community : yet the warm animal dreams on of another animal No one sleeps in this room without the dream of a common language Rich explores ...
... human . The desire for re- latedness and for genuine communication is the genesis of the human community : yet the warm animal dreams on of another animal No one sleeps in this room without the dream of a common language Rich explores ...
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... human being . " The domesticated dog , which Thurber worked into his drawings " as a sound creature in a crazy world , " has found life with man laughable ; but " His sensitive nose ... has caught at one and the same time the ...
... human being . " The domesticated dog , which Thurber worked into his drawings " as a sound creature in a crazy world , " has found life with man laughable ; but " His sensitive nose ... has caught at one and the same time the ...
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... human wildness in the form of a warm participation in the rough - and - tumble physical world does not often appear . Her usual stance is one of cold haughtiness ; she proclaims an untamable spirit through her power to endure and reject ...
... human wildness in the form of a warm participation in the rough - and - tumble physical world does not often appear . Her usual stance is one of cold haughtiness ; she proclaims an untamable spirit through her power to endure and reject ...
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