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Why is it that my heart is so touched whenever I meet a dog lost in our noisy streets? Why do I feel such anguished pity when I see one of these creatures coming and going, sniffing everyone, frightened, despairing of even finding its master?

Emile Zola

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Emile Zola
Age: 62 †
Born: 1840
Born: January 1
Died: 1902
Died: January 1
Art Critic
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Photographer
Playwright
Poet
Political Journalist
Short Story Writer
Theatre Critic
Paris
France
Emile Edouard Charles Antoine Zola
Lost
Master
Sniffing
Feel
Dog
Noisy
Feels
Masters
Frightened
Even
Creatures
Touched
Heart
Meet
Pity
Going
Streets
Findings
Coming
Finding
Anguished
Everyone
Whenever
Despairing

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