Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures.
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Call for the grandest of all earthly spectacles, what is that? It is the sun going to his rest.
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