Why cat purrs. (Cf. A2236.8.)

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Why cat purrs. (Cf. A2236.8.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal characteristics: voice and hearing. · view the constellation · filed as A2421.8

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Literary CrystallizationMoby-Dick; or, The Whale, 114
Literary CrystallizationThus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None, Chapter 73LXXIII. THE HIGHER MAN.

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