Volume LIII Number 12
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Ryan
The Power of the Dog
The gaze of dogs who don’t understand and who don’t know that they might be right not to understand.
—Italo Calvino
A few days ago, while I was out strolling harmlessly near home, a savagely snarling cattle-dog sprang at my hand. His mistress had him on a short, stout lead, and no harm was done.
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