she was as smooth as silk. water slid off her like a duck. she went through life retrieving things, neighbors shoes, toys, baby turkeys, grouse, and ducks. one time even a baby squirrel. never any damage. softest mouth I ever saw.
the consolidation of the states into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of that ruin which has overwhelmed all those that have preceded. Robert E Lee ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
