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If I had been a little dog I'd have gone leaping and gambolling around the room wagging my tail furiously.
James Herriot
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James Herriot
Age: 78 †
Born: 1916
Born: October 3
Died: 1995
Died: February 23
Autobiographer
Comedian
Physician Writer
Veterinarian
Veterinary Surgeon
James Alfred Alf Wight
James Alfred Wight
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Dogs like to obey. It gives them security.
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There was no last animal I treated. When young farm lads started to help me over the gate into a field or a pigpen, to make sure the old fellow wouldn't fall, I started to consider retiring.
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