Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 258, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 March 1935 — Page 25

It Seems to Me HEffIOOD BROUN MR JUSTICE HOLMES almost rounded out the century and the circumstance of his great ace was one of the factors which made him important to the modern world. He served as a coastant reminder that moct of the things called outlandish and new-fangled had been a part of human thought in the years which were gone before. Decidedly it a< a healthy thing to have on the supreme bench a man who touched the tradition of Thoreau and Emerson at first hand. He was not one to be moved

into sudden panic by the prospect of change because in 93 years he had seen so much of it. Had Oliver Wendell Holmes served on until that noon when Justice Mcßeynolds announced in trembling tones the destruction of the Constitution, I rather think that Justice Holmes might have been a shade amused. He would have regarded the diatribe of the Tennesseean as one of those groundless panics which often seize upon the young. There was something a little strange m having a man thrice wounded m the Civil War passing upon the problems of utility corpo-

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rations which rendered services unknown during the youth of Mr. Justice Holmes. The economic setup In which Justice Holmes was bom had been all but swept away by the time he began to render his great decisions and his great dissents. And yet in some respects the march of events lndica*ed no forward progress whatsoever. Certain aspects of American life moved merely in circles. The soldiers of Fredericksburg retired only a little while before the Scottsboro case was up before the court. man Silence Implied Consent MR JUSTICE HOLMES saw the me and fall of populism and progress! vism He rendered vidgmrnt in much litigation which was hailed bv many as making a nation or wrecking an old one And when neither thing happened it mav well be that Oliver Wendell Holmes buried himself a li f tle deeper in the Latin poets and arrived at the notion that the United States Supreme Court was vt on a plane somewhat lower than the throne of Oori I do not. mean to say that he was not concerned with the dignity, the honor and the integrity of the body on which he served but .n very' many of his decisions he steered clear from the conception that a final legislative veto has been entrusted u.to the hands of nine wise men Certainly he did not favor •nv strait-jacket conception of the Constitution. He supported only those denials in which he felt that some specific prohibition of the act in question could be found. The silence of the Constitution always aeemed to him to imply consent Much has been made of the dissenting opinions of Mr Justice Holmes and I venture to say that an examination of these opinions will find the court just about catching up with his point of view. But Oliver Wendell Holmes was by no means habitually a deviationist His mind kept a little ahead of the trend of the times but like the rest of human kind he was motivated and touched by his own social background and by the temper of the land in which he lived. I have always felt that during the great war he lost touch for a time with his own liberal philosophy. The bugles and the drums stirred in him old memories and opened ancient wounds. man Made a Fast Recovery BUT m his seventies and eighties there was more elasticity in Justice Holmes than was resident In younger men He had made a fast recovery from the bullets of the Civil War. Just so the shrapnel fragments of the later conflict did not permanently affect him It would be foolish to say that Olivpr Wendell Holmes was a radical at anv stage of his career, but he did fight for the free field of complete human expression. And curiously enough it was in his latest years that he seemed most receptive to those ideas which some call dangerous. Certainly his cronies In the last decade were recruited from the ranks of men upon whom much of the force of the vigilante drive has fallen. I have particularly in mind the close association of Felix Frankfurter and the justice. Men were welcome in the house of Justice Holmes who never appear in Hearst editorial pages save grotesquely pictured as wearing whiskers and bearing bombs. Perhaps the justice remembered back to the day when Thoreau rebuked Emerson for staying out of jail. "The riders in a race do not stop short when thev reach the goal. There is a little finishing canter before coming to a standstill " This was part of the last public utterance of Oliver Wendell Holmes before he took his gear and went before the judges to weigh in. And >ince the racing metaphor is his own, I think it is not inappropriate to say that on the chart against the name of Justice Holme* should run the familiar caption, ‘ closed fast.** (Ct*j*Tirh. IMS)

Today s Science BY DAVID DIETZ

MARCH ramr in like * lamb in most parts of the country. The first three days were unusually balmv even though the weather turned cold and rainy immediately after in many localities. The records of the United States Weather Bureau show that March 1 brought warmer temperatures to nearly all parts of the country and practically no bad at orms. The big question, therefore, is whether March will go out like a lion The old adage requires it. J B Kmcer. head of the climate and crop weather riniston of the United States Weather Bureau, says that this old adage seems to have more truth to it than manv other weather proverbs He declines, however, to guarantee that it will be fulfilled this year The Weather Bureau will not make a forecast a month in advance and believes that sufficient meteorological knowledge does not yet exist to make such long-range forecasts possible. March. Mr. Kmcer points oui. is the transition period between the rigorous winter and the mild spring adjustment and as a result the weather can change rapidly from hour to hour. The month is normally warmer than February but v>me extremely cold days can occur A record cold wave in March. 1899. caused zero temperatures as far south as Florida. * a m RECORDS of other years show that Arkansas. Louisiana. Mississippi. Alabama. South Carolina and Florida are the only states which have so far escaped zero temperatures in March. However, cold waves in March usually lose their Intensity rapidly. Mr. Kmcer says In addition, severely cold weather is rare in the central and ■outhem states m March. Among the memorable snowstorms is one which occurred on March 11 to 14. 1888. In pans of Vermont. Massachusetts. Connecticut and eastern New York, more than 40 inches of snow fell in three days. a a m CONCERNING the lion-lamb proverb. Dr C. F. Brooks, famous meterologist of Clark University. says. “Though one cm not credit the old forecast one can readily grant the resemblance of March to both the animals. • March is the stormiest month of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. In March the Arctic regions have reached their lowest temperature. The sun is Just starting to ruse there, while the south, on the other hand, is warming rapidly. The sun is overhead at the equator about March 21. These great temperature differences strengthen the general circulation of the atmosphere and favor storminess and high roaring winds."

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The LOVE LETTERS of NAPOLEON to MARIE LOUISE

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE THE ARCH INTRIGUER M A BONNE AMIE I have received your letter of June 10th. I am sorry you had bad weather at Mortfontaine. You would have enjoyed going on the water. What you tell me of my son makes me very anxious to see him. I read in the .Moniteur that you announced the Te Dcum and your presence in the Metropole, I hope therefor that you went there, you should never countermand such functions. My health is good, the weather is very hot here, there is a storm every day. fiive two kisses to my son and never doubt all the sentiments of your (faithful husband) NAP. Dresden. June 16th. (1813)

Mortfontaine, in the Oise Department, at a distance of 10 kilometers from Senlis, was one of the finest landscape gardens in Europe, and belonged to Joseph Bonaparte. A small and a large park, an archipelago of islets in a lake, sheer rocks, an orangery and an aviary, rendered it an enchanting spot. But what call was there, with so many pleasing classical remembrances Grotto of the Naiads, Grotto of the Cupids, Altar to the Rural Divinities, Modest Venus, Philemon and Baucis—for the addition of funeral monuments reminiscent of the end cl all things here below: tombs, a cenotaph and a tearbespangled sarcophagus. It was at Mortfontaine that a rural fete was given Sept. 30, 1800. on the occasion of a Treaty of Peace with the United States. Ma bonne amie. I was glad to hrar you were in good health, you must take great care of yourself and not go out in ihe damp, that is the cause of the pains you feel In your chest. I have had little Italian plays the last two da vs. hut the singers are very bad. My health is good. Give a kiss to my son. Tout a toi. % Nap. Dresden, June 21st, (1813). man THE Italian plays attended by Napoleon in a small playhouse up in the Palac#t)rangerv were H Corradino. an opera by Kapelmeister Morlacchi. and La Stella della Sposa. Ma bonne amie. I have received your letter. Poor Madame de Broc’s adventure is a very sad

-Th r DAILY WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Bit Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen

TASHINGTON. March B.—Behind the quiet one-hour conference W between robust Sir Ronald Lindsay and slim Acting Secretary of State Wilham Phillips were some of the most important developments in the foreign policy of the Roosevelt Administration It explained a lot of things, among them the recent break with Russia, the tremendous naval program, American aloofness in the Pacific. , * ~ ~

What tie British ambassador wanted to know was whether the United States would join Great Britain and other powers in extending financial aid to China, to head rff Japan's taking a stranglehold mortgage on the country. The amabassador had given Mr. Phillips an advance indication regarding his proposition, and MrPhillips had discussed the question at the White House. What he said, therefore came direct from the President. His answer was a definite "No." Sir Ronald countered by pointing out that China was suffering because of the Roosevelt policy of raising the price of silver. He also emphasized what was much more important, that a Japanese loan to China meant that Japan would swallow up China. Mr. Phillips, in effect, replied: "China is too big to be swallowed. Japan will find herself throwing money into a bag without a bottom." ana THE nature of Sir Ronald's visit was public property. But what most people did not realize was that it was a tremendous victory for Roosevelt diplomacy. For nearly two years Henry L. Stimson had been nagging at the British. trying to secure from them a common Anglo-American policy in the Far East. During that time the British, despite a huge economic stake in China, sat eomplaisantlv on the side lines. They enjoyed watching their chestnuts being pulled out of the fire by the United States Mr. Roosevelt reversed all that. He remained aloof in the Orient. Now the British are nagging at the State Department in the same way Mr. Stunson used to nag at them. Roosevelt policy in the Far East now can be summarized as follows : 1 Build up a cigantic Navy. 'To accomplish this Mr. Roosevelt completely disregarded his own stipulation that public works should create employment. Instead. large hunks of PWA money were set aside for warships which —two years later —are not beyond the blue-print stage and have not employed a single workman.> 2. Avoid all understandings with foreign countries, even indirectly. (This was behind the recent debt break with Russia.) 3. Forfeit the Philippines. If necessary. In order to keep out of trouble in the Orient. * * a OF these, the policy which has come in for the most secret discussion lately is that regarding understandings with foreign countries.

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one. I had the whole Saxony family to dinner today. Your aunt Therese complains that you no longer write to her. My health is very good. I love you with all my heart. A kiss for my son. Nap. June 22nd (1813). Dresden (June) 24th (1813). Ma bonne amie, I have received your letter. T was glad to hear you enjoyed yourself at Maison. but it is a pity the weather was bad. I am dining with, the King, today, after which T shall attend a performance of Le Tartufe. Mv health is very good. The King of Westphalia is here. My affairs are going well and I am pleased at all you tell me about my son; I long to see him. Give him a kiss from me. I should much like you fr he here, hut it is not suitanle. Adio, mio bene. Your Nap. After dinner, Napoleon treated his guest to a performance of La Gageure and La suite dun bal masque. His brother Jerome, King of Westphalia, had joined him. Napoleon had just attended the performance of Tartuffe, when by a strange coincidence Metternich was announced. Mon amie, I have been for an excursion of about twenty leagues, today, in the woods around Dresden. I got back at 10 o'clock at night. My health is very good. Maternic, arrived at Dresden this afternoon. We shall see what he has to say and what Papa Francois wants. He is still adding to his army in Bohemia; I am strengthening mine in Italy. Give a kiss to your son; I long to see him. Adio, mio bene. Nap. Dresden. June 25th. (1813) Ma bonne amie. I had a long and wearisome talk with Mefternich My health is good, however. Wha: you tell me of the little King's jealous disposition made me laugh. I should so like to see

The State Department leans toward such understandings in a mild way. The. Navy does not. Secretary Cordell Hull has made it apparent that American sympathies in the Far East are with the British. Some o f his chief advisers believe that the affinity between the Dominions and the United States, the distrust which Australia and Canada have of Japan. makes the English-speaking peoples natural allies. With this the General Board of the Navy emphatically disagrees. The General Board stands for only two things: A gigantic flpet and complete isolation from the rest of the world. The General Board's ideas, incidentally, are pretty much Roosevelt's ideas. The President is first, last and foremost a big Navy man. Also he has his cousin Harry, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, acting as a perennial messenger boy between the White House and the admirals. a a a IT was the Navy primarily which sold Roosevelt on making a break with Russia. Litvinoff originally was invited to Washington because Roosevelt wanted a friend in the Far East in case of trouble with Japan. Russia was the natural enemy of Japan, the natural ally of the United States. But recently the Navy has been harping on the inevitability of war between Japan and Russia within a year. They have been urging Roosevelt to cut loose, avoid all semblance of co-operation with the Soviet. Also the Navy is hipped on the danger of the “Red Menace” within the United States, even within the meet. One man. Commander Walker K. Kilpatrick, has devoted three years to stacking his office full of pamphlets purporting to show "Red" agitation in the United States. The admirals harped this home at the White House. So the debt break with Russia was dictated direct from Mr. Roosevelt. Secretary Hull was not in favor of it. And while he kept Ambassador Trovanovsky waiting in the ante-room, he called up the President for final orders. That was why Trovanovsky was with Mr. Hull only four minutes and a half. That was why American consuls later were withdrawn from Russia. Mr. Roosevelt wanted to make the break decisive and spectacular. It suited his policy in the Far East, and incidentally it did not hurt him with Catholic and patriotic groups in the United States either. (Copyright, 1935. bv United Feature, £ynaica:e. lacj

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With ihe forces banded together against France, Prussia and Russia, there had been declared an armistice of two months. In the minds of Napoleon's advisers, his accession to this idea was a mistake in that it gave his enemies a breathing space when they needed it sorely. And it would seem that Austria was emboldened by Bonaparte’s error to urge more bluntly than before it had dared, that Napoleon withdraw from his conquered territories. The French emperor, too. must have felt he had made a mistake. for he listened with some patience to the proposals of the Austrian envoy. Prince Metternich. Bonaparte's forbearance was in striking contrast to his violent and peremptory manner with an Austrian emissary several years before. This previous episode is pictured above, in the reproduction of the painting by Eugene Courboin.

him. Give him 3 kisses from me. Have you seen the elephant at the Jardin des Plantes? * hope that peace will be negotiated m a few days’ time. I want peace, but it must be an honorable one. Adio, mio bene. Tout a toi. Nap. Dresden, June 27th. (1813) a a a NAPOLEON goes into no particulars as to the fatiguing conversation he has had with Metternich. Mettemich, op the other hand, has recorded it in his memoirs. On his arrival at the estate of Marcolini, Grand Equerry of the King of Saxony, he was shown into the Emperor's study. "It depends on Your Majesty to give peace to the -world and to base his rule on a feeling of universal gratitude. If. Your Majesty allows this opportunity to escape, to what lengths may not the extent of the upheaval go?" “I am prepared to make peace," answered Napoleon, "but not a dishonorable peace. I have written to that effect to the Emperor (of Austria). My honor first, then peace. Do you mean to strip me? Do you want Italy, Brabant, Lorraine? I will not yield an inch of territory. I will make peace on the basis of the status quo ante." Ma Bonnie Amie, I received your letter this morning; I am glad to see your health is good. Your aunt Therese complains that you do not write her. I went for a several hours’ outing yesterday. My health is good. Adio, Mio Amor. Nap. Dresden, June 29th. (1813)

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In the evening, for the sake of diversion, he attended a performance of La Juenesse d’Henri V, roi d'Angleterre. On June 30. at half past 2, Napoleon sent for Metternich. He had with him a four hours’ conference, the character of which is revealed in the following letter: Mon amie, I have received your letter; all you tell me of your sentiments gives me pleasure. My health is very good. They tell me the little King is a little devil. I should much like to see him even for a day, but T am afraid it is not yet possible. I think the peace conferences will begin before July sth. at Prague. Metternich, whom T have seen, strikes me as an intriguer and as directing Papa Francois very badiy. The man has not enough sense for his position. Mille choses aimables. Nap. Dresden, July Ist. (1813) a a a A KIND attention of Mane Louisp, whom he was hoping to meet again shortly, and who had sent him some engravings, enabled him to make a present to her aunt Marie-Therese, who was constantly complaining of her niece’s silence. He gives his wife a further lesson in propriety: she is to request her lady-in-waiting, the Duchess de Montabello. the widows of the late General Lannes, no longer to issue invitations indiscriminately. a a a Ma Bonnie Amie, I have received your letter of the 23rd

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and the beautiful engraving that accompanied it; it is very good of you, but I assure you I have no need of this to think very often of Ma Bonne Louise. I should love to see her; let us hope I shall before long, I confess to having given your engraving to aunt Therese, who complains of you and who was vefy much pleased with it. Pray send me another. Tell me by whom ii is. Have him informed that I thought it very beautiful. Adio Mio Bene. (Undated) Nap. Mon Amie, I am answering your letter of June 27th. 1 have sent the Due de Dalmatie to Spain to take command in lieu of the King, who is no soldier and knows nothing about anything. The Duchess manages her invitations very badly and it has a very bad effect. For instance she will ask people who have been away from Paris for a month, or even 3, which makes people laugh and leads them to think this work of sending out invitations is done by a clerk, the result being that they are no longer flattered at being asked. See to this. Draw up your list yourself, for the dear Duchess is not good for much. General C'afarelly should send in a list of the officers and prefects who are in Paris, so as to avoid asking people who are away. Adio. Mio Bene. Give three kisses to the ttle King. Your Nap. Dresden, July 2nd. (1813) a a a KING of Spain and the Indies, Joseph Bonaparte, was held in subjection by the Emperor, who had sent a French General to take command at Madrid, and placed Spain under the supervision of the French police. On leaving for Russia, however, Napoleon had restored his brother to the supreme command of the armies in Spain. But Joseph met with nothing but reverses. While falling back from Madrid to Valladolid, then to Vittoria, he was attacked in the latter place, on June 21, 1313, by Wellington, who picked up a great many prisoners and captured 150 guns, as well as the ooach containing the King’s correspondence. Ma bonne Louise, I am very sorry to hear your health is not as goo-d as it should be. Pray take care of yourself and keep well. You know how* dear you are to me. Y our aunt Therese complains of your laziness. My health is very good. Give two kisses to my son. I long to see him, after all you tell me about him. He must have grown a good deal in the last 3 months. Adio mio bene, I love you. Tout a toi. Nap. Dresden, July sth. (1813) Napoleon attended a performance of Los Fausses Confidences Le Barbier de Seville. But the time to make weighty decisions was at hand. Next—“ Austria Will Pay for It All.” (Copvrieht 1935, in France by Bibllotheoue rationale; in all other countries bv United Feature Syndicate. Inc. Reproduction either in whole or in part prohibited. All rights reserved.) Shortridge Musician Honored Will F Wise of the Shortridge Music Department will direct the pll-high-school orchestra which will appear March IS before the 1935 b:°npial meeting of the North Central Music Educators’ Conference.

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Fair Enough MM PEfiLER TT7 ASHING TON, D. C March B—The merry war V continues in the United States Senate with a strange, wild character churning up the proceedings day after day and President Roosevelt’s Administration unable to handle him. break him or buy him off in a deal. Two attacks on Huey Long by Gen Hugh Johnson and Senator Joe Robinson of Arkansas, the President's own man, have amounted to nothing but gasoline on his fire. Gen. Johnson is the only man

to date who has recognised Huey's power to rouse the poor and exploit their desperation to campaign to make himself President-dictator. There are others who have the intelligence to perceive the same thing and vho probably do, but there is still the same tendency In Washington to under-rate him, laugh him off and rely on a hope that he will discredit himself by some personal foolishness. The likelihood of this diminishes steadily, however, as Huey's drinking ’ days recede further into the background and his grip on himself becomes firmer; of the hired

enchantress who might get into his hotel room on some pretext and come racing down a corridor screaming "rape.” ’mid the flash-bombs’ pale glare, the statesman from Louisiana is especially wary nowadays. Huey is taking many precautions and no chances. Certainly it is not for any lack of trying that the government has failed to prove that Huey is a rich men, with a great secret hoard of graft hidden away in a safe deposit box under an assumed name on which he failed to pay income tax. That legend has been the childlike hope of his opponents in Louisiana for a long time, but the money has never been uncovered and there still is no evidence that any of the graft which would be normally incidental to such a paving and bridge building program as his in Louisiana, was received by Huey Long. ana Huey Is Getting Stronger IN the lack of pay-dirt in sufficient quantity and of sufficient dirtiness to warrant, a successful prosecution it would be very unwise to bring up the matter of his*income tax, because in that event, Huey would become angrier and more righteous than ever and just that much more formidable. - It is hard to think of anything within the gift of the Administration now which Huey would find worth accepting. He is carrying the fight and getting stronger, unhampered by orthodoxy or responsibility to any one but himself. In his conflicts with the unfortunate Senator Robinson, the best fighter the Administration has in the Senate, he is a reminder of the late Harry Greb who fought with his fists, knees, teeth and skull and, in combats with some of the most stylish artists of his time in the ring, often got behind them to slap them insultingly on the pants. Certainly, the best fighter the Administration could send against him yesterday was a pathetic, spectacle as he tried to reply to the free-style fury of the Louisiana red-clay country. Huey had often called attention to the fact that Senator Robinson's law firm in Arkansas numbered among its clients a number of powerful public utilities and now, once more, and apropos nothing at all. he sent a memorandum of those clients up to the clerk to be read aloud. Mr. Robinson hurried back into the room, angry and breathing hard, but dignified and restrained, to explain that his connection with the law firm had been merely nominal for the last ten years, in addition to which it was his professional right as a lawyer to serve his clients in cases involving no compromise with his official duty, tx n a Long Turns on ‘Ain’ts’ That is the answer which he will have to make to the ragged and ignorant masses when Huey goes into Arkansas to beat him in the next campaign for his seat. Just from the sound of it, and from Senator Joe's clean, prosperous personal appearance as contrasted with Huey’s rumpled character. it sounds pitifully weak. For Huey is one who, like the beloved homespun millionaire philosopher. Will Rogers, adopts a character and turns on the ain’ts and the we-wasn’ts when he is selling a bill of goods to the peasants. It is a trick which Mr. Robinson can not master this late in his career and this is to be a campaign of the great unwashed and the hungry and poor against those dudes who wear shoes on week days and pick at canapes and wear white piping on their vests, as Senator Robinson does. J . Meanwhile, as Huey nagged and buzzed around the ears of Mr. Roosevelt's men, persistent and remorseless as a gadfly, the money nuts were holding another meeting with Senator Thomas of Oklahoma, who wants inflation, presenting again a variety of plans including the Martian monetary system, inspired by a study of the canals on the planet Mars. Meanwhile, also, the late Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, died at his home on ‘T” street after living long and large, and his last quoted word.v seemed to summarize it all. “It's i lot of damned lOolery, said Oliver Wendell Holmes. J _. (Copyright, 1935. by United Feature Syndicate. Inc.)

Your Health -by OR. morris fishbein-

FROM the time when a baby is 9 to 18 months of age it begins to creep, then to pull itself up by chairs, and then to walk. Pretty soon we shall see pictures of the Dionne quintuplets doing all these performances that one expects of normal children. A child 15 months old can get upstairs by holding on to the banister and walking on all fours. It can come downstairs by sitting on the top step, then gradually sliding down one step at a time. Children 18 months old can go upstairs in an upright position by holding to the banister. Experts who have studied child behavior know that a child 3 or 4 montns old will splash in its bath if it is of normal development and will use its thumb in proper relationship to its fingers at about 6 months of age. a b tt THERE are, of course,*- records of children who have walked at months, and occasionally there is one who will walk at 7 months. About 40 per cent of children walk at the age of 12 months, and 67 per cent w'alk between 11 and 14 months. A few children u’ho otherwise are normal may not walk before they are 13 to 20 months old, because of physical illness or lack of practice. The child must learn to walk. In other words, it must learn to co-ordinate and strengthen the muscles necessary for this purpose. When the child does begin to walk, it has the thrill of accomplishment. If it cries too much or becomes too much afraid of falls and bumps, it will learn to walk slowly and these early fears may modify its entire life. tt n b AMONG the reasons children are delayed in beginning to walk are such factors as overweight, rickets, and bad nutrition generally, so that the child can not trust the strength of its muscles. Some children learn to walk slowly because they are kept in a too limited space, the floors are too slippery, or too dirty, or too drafty to permit the child to practice. Some children are delayed in walking because they are kept in dresses that are too long and shoes that are too soft. Finally there is the question of normal mental development. The child's environment is limited by its ability to get around. If it merely creeps, it can hardly cover the house in which it lives. The moment it becomes able to walk, climb, and run, its horizon widens.

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