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It Is The Custom To Sneer At The Modern Apartment-house, Television, Big-city Christmas, With Its Commercial Taint . . . Office Parties, Artificial . . . Christmas Trees . . . But Future Generations In Search Of Their Lost Christmases May Well Remember Its Innocence; Yes, And Its Beauty, Too.

One Is Always Seeking The Touchstone That Will Dissolve One's Deficiencies As A Person And As A Craftsman. And One Is Always Bumping Up Against The Fact That There Is None Except Hard Work, Concentration, And Continued Application.

When Two People Loved Each Other They Worked Together Always, Two Against The World, A Little Company. Joy Was Shared; Trouble Was Split. You Had An Ally.

No One Has Ever Been Able To Discover How They [cats] Make This Subtle Sound, And What Is More, No One Ever Will. It Is A Secret That Has Endured From The Very Beginning Of The Time Of Cats And Will Never Be Revealed.

There Is The Little Matter Of Disposal Of Droppings In Which The Cat Is Far Ahead Of Its Rivals. The Dog Is Somehow Thrilled By What He Or Any Of His Friends Have Produced, Hates To Leave It, Adores Smelling It, And Sometimes Eats It.