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how it is to be approached and touched, and when and by
what things it is made most savage or gentle, yes, and the several sounds it
is wont to utter on the occasion of each, and again what sounds uttered by
another make it tame or fierce, and after mastering this knowledge by living
with the creature and by lapse of time should call it wisdom, and should
construct thereof a system and art and turn to the teaching of it, knowing
nothing in reality about which of these opinions and desires is honorable or
base, good or evil, just or unjust,
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