"I have no faith in cats: they are a cold-blooded race; they are the politicians among domestic animals; they care little who is master, or what are the over-turnings, so their pickings are secure; and what are their midnight caucuses but primary meetings?"
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Ik Marvel
Donald Grant Mitchell (April 12, 1822 – December 15, 1908), was an American essayist and novelist who used the pseudonym .
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