“Put in my place by these words, I jumped to my feet and bowed before the peasant. How could I, a minor element in God's vast circle of creation, belittle another element in the circle, be it an animal or a human being? "I apologize to you and your ox," I said. "Please forgive me.”
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The Forty Rules of Love
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