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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.

Agnes Repplier

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

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