• Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures.

  Thomas De Quincey
  British writer 1785-1859
  

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1. passionate
2. tenderness
3. deprived
4. ashamed
5. profess
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Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures. by : Thomas De Quincey

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