What was ignoble about the Kenilworth spectacle was that the poor dog had begun to hate its own nature. It no… — J. M. Coetzee
What was ignoble about the Kenilworth spectacle was that the poor dog had begun to hate its own nature. It no longer needed to be beaten. It was ready to punish itself. At that point it would have been better to shoot it.
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