"The dog has seldom been successful in pulling Man up to its level of sagacity, but Man has frequently dragged the dog down to his."
— James Thurber

January 1, 1970

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Sources

"An Introduction", The Fireside Book of Dog Stories (Simon and Schuster, 1943); reprinted in Thurber's Dogs (1955)