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What distinguished man from animals was the human capacity for symbolic thought, the capacity which was inseparable from the devel ...
A peasant becomes fond of his pig and is glad to salt away its pork. What is significant, and is so difficult for the urban strang ...
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief.
Bats have no bankers and they do not drink
and cannot be arrested and pay no tax
and, in general, bats have it made.
a fuzzed moth in a flannel of storm
It is not easy to free
myth from reality
...
an ambling bear
four-footed in berries.
a set of crushed and grease-
impregnated wickerwork;
on the wicker sofa
a dirty dog, quite comfy.
The pigs stuck out their little feet and snored.
Light-lashed, self-righteous, above moving snouts,
the pigs' eyes followed him, a cheerful stare,
...
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