Subject: Re: Bio # 31
From: Jim Rovira (jrovira@drew.edu)
Date: Tue Oct 16 2001 - 08:58:18 GMT
Is this Death in Venice by Mann?
Jim
Omlor@aol.com wrote:
>
> Hey Rocky, watch me pull an autobiography out of my hat...
>
> Again?
>
> Nothin' up my sleeve....
>
> From my infancy I was noted for the docility and humanity of my
> disposition. My tenderness of heart was even so conspicuous as to make
> me the jest of my companions. I was especially fond of animals, and was
> indulged by my parents with a great variety of pets. With these I spent
> most of my time, and never was so happy as when feeding and caressing
> them. This peculiarity of character grew with my growth, and, in my
> manhood, I derived from it one of my principle sources of pleasure. To
> those who have cherished affection for a faithful and sagacious dog, I
> need hardly be at the trouble of explaining the nature or the intensity
> of the gratification thus derivable. There is something in the
> unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to
> the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry
> friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere *Man*.
>
> Whoops, seems like a friendly narrative. Then again, that hat's awfully
> black.
>
> Now here's something we hope you'll *really* like...
>
> --John
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