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The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last Additions and Illustrations

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“Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.”

“I have sometimes thought of the final cause of dogs having such short lives and I am quite satisfied it is in compassion to the human race; for if we suffer so much in losing a dog after an acquaintance of ten or twelve years, what would it be if they were to live double that time?”