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Humans were denied the speech of animals. The only common ground of communication upon which dogs and men can get together is in fiction.

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O. Henry
Age: 47 †
Born: 1862
Born: September 11
Died: 1910
Died: June 5
Journalist
Writer
Greensboro
North Carolina
William Sydney Porter
Olivier Henry
Oliver Henry
Fiction
Denied
Animal
Dogs
Common
Communicate
Upon
Ground
Together
Animals
Humans
Dog
Men
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