Lots of people talk to animals. Not very many listen though. That's the problem.

Benjamin Hoff

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Man and animals

Author

Benjamin Hoff

Genre

Children's literature

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Children's book author Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Hoff, Benjamin. "Spelling Tuesday." The Tao of Pooh. E. P. Dutton, 1982.

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When the lambs is lost in the mountain, he said. They is cry. Sometime come the mother. Sometime the wolf.

Cormac McCarthy

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Topic
Predator and prey Dangerous world

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Cormac McCarthy
Source
Blood Meridian; or The Evening Redness in the West
Medium
Novel
Genre
Western literature
Language
English
Time
1985 1980s 20th century
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Citation

McCarthy, Cormac. Blood Meridian; or The Evening Redness in the West. Random House, 1985, ch. 5.

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There are many wonderful things, and nothing is more wonderful than man.

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Nature of man Man and animals

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Sophocles
Source
Antigone
Medium
Play
Genre
Tragic play Greek theater
Language
Greek
Time
441 BC 440s 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Sophocles. Ἀντιγόνη [Antigone]. c. 441 BC, Festival of Dionysus, Athens, Greece.

Current Citation

Sophocles. "Antigone." The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone, translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald. Mariner Books, 2002.