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To relive the relationship between owner and slave we can consider how we treat our cars and dogs - a dog exercising a somewhat similar leverage on our mercies and an automobile being comparable in value to a slave in those days
Edward Hoagland
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Edward Hoagland
Age: 91
Born: 1932
Born: December 21
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Animals used to provide a lowlife way to kill and get away with it, as they do still, but, more intriguingly, for some people they are an aperture through which wounds drain. The scapegoat of olden times, driven off for the bystanders sins, has become a tender thing, a running injury. There, running away is me: hurt it and you are hurting me.
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Men greet each other with a sock on the arm, women with a hug, and the hug wears better in the long run.
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Sophistication is another word for that inventive mix of tolerance, resilience, and resourcefulness city people develop.
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