Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 50
com-pany. Would they go ? And Millie, who sat near, thought this mustbe really a dream. Why, it was as if she andnot the dainty one had been the hero. It wasalways the other way in the stories. Dear Millie, it is like a dream indeed — apretty, sunny cottage above the water, yourmother well and… … It is not the sight of mere numbers that in-terests us as the gathering swallows twitter inthe skies, but rather the gathering itself, andthe twittering — the feeling of kinship and com-mon interest which we see in their flocking.They are apparently social creatures; and socialfeelings are human.…
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