The motives of some men in cultivating friendships may be compared to
that of the foxes mentioned below:
To see a fox get round the farmer’s dogs, in order to make
friends with them, is one of the most astonishing revelations of
character. Usually the dogs seem hardly to know at first what to
make of his advances, but the fox is pretty certain to succeed
in bringing him to his side in the end, and after that they may
be seen playing together day after day.--WITMER STONE
and WILLIAM EVERETT CRAM, “American Animals.”
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