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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Tattine by Ruth Ogden [Mrs. Charles W. Ide]: things. You have heard the old rhyme:--
"Let dogs delight to bark and bite,
For God has made them so:
Let bears and lions growl and fight,
For 'tis their nature to."
"Oh, yes, I know that," said Tattine, "and I don't think it's all qu�te true;
our dogs don't bite (I suppose it means biting people), bad as they are."
"No; I've always thought myself that line was not quite fair to the dogs
either, but the verses mean that we mustn't blame animals for doing things
that it is their nature to do."
"And yet, Grandma, I am not allowed to do naughty things because it is my
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