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Show Dickens' Tribute to the Cow. If civilized peoples were to lapse Into In-to the worship of animals, the cow would certainly be their chosen goddess. god-dess. What a fountain of blessing is the cow ! She Is the mother of beef, the source of butter, the original cause of cheese, to say nothing of shoehorns, haircombs and upper leathers. A gentle, gen-tle, amiable, ever-yielding creature, who has no joy in her family affairs that she does not share with man. We rob her of her children, that we may rob her thereafter of her milk; and we only care for her when the robbery may be perpetrated. Charles Dickens. |