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Cats, even when robust, have scant liking for the boisterous society of children, and are apt to exert their utmost ingenuity to escape it. Nor are they without adult sympathy in their prejudice.

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Agnes Repplier
Age: 92 †
Born: 1858
Born: April 1
Died: 1950
Died: December 15
Biographer
Essayist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Adults
Utmost
Society
Ingenuity
Cats
Without
Sympathy
Scant
Children
Adult
Boisterous
Even
Escape
Exert
Cat
Liking
Prejudice
Robust

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