Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers …

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Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. ✨ Mark Twain (2009). Mark Twain’s Book of Animals, p.19, Univ of California Press
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Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. ✨ Mark Twain (2009). Mark Twain’s Book of Animals, p.19, Univ of California Press

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