I Have Found The Missing Link Between

Just Thinking That My Dog Loves Me More Than I Love Him, I Feel Shame.

All Living Beings Have Received Their Weapons Through The Same Process Of Evolution That Moulded Their Impulses And Inhibitions; For The Structural Plan Of The Body And The System Of Behaviour Of A Species Are Parts Of The Same Whole.... Wordsworth Is Right: There Is Only One Being In Possession Of Weapons Which Do Not Grow On His Body And Of Whose Working Plan, Therefore, The Instincts Of His Species Know Nothing And In The Usage Of Which He Has No Correspondingly Adequate Inhibition.

One Of The Most Dangerously Vicious Circles Menacing The Continued Existence Of All Mankind Arises Through That Grim Striving For The Highest Possible Position Within The Ranked Order, In Other Words, The Reckless Pursuit Of Power Which Combines With An Insatiable Greed Of Neurotic Proportions That The Results Of Acquired Power Confer.

The Bond With A Dog Is As Lasting As The Ties Of This Earth Can Ever Be.

The Appeal Of The Cat Lies In The Very Fact That She Has Formed No Close Bond With [man], That She Has The Uncompromising Independence Of A Tiger Or A Leopard While She Is Hunting In His Stables And Barns: That She Still Remains Mysterious And Remote When She Is Rubbing Herself Gently Against The Legs Of Her Mistress Or Purring Contentedly In Front Of The Fire.