Love em or hate em cats have a special place in the world. I heard this tonight on NPR, and it got me to laugh out loud.
Cats are the instrument for children to learn benevolence upon
I didn’t hear the poem name or poet but a quick google search revealed this possible source. For my Cat Jeoffrey by Christopher Smart (1722-1771). The line there is:
For he is an instrument for the children to learn benevolence upon.
I also know from family experience that cats are indeed the instrument for children to learn electrical capacitance on.
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Little Sisters are better than Cats on which to learn the effects [and, incidentally, the dangers] of high-voltage electricity. They don’t scratch as deeply and, unless their Mother is nearby to hear their woeful screams for leniency, one can obtain a great sheaf full of data about the effects and after effects of varying voltages and quantities [Coulombs] of electrical discharge.
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