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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Tattine by Ruth Ogden [Mrs. Charles W. Ide]: For 'tis their nature to."
"Oh, yes, I know that," said Tattine, "and I don't think it's all quĦte true;
our dogs don't bite (I suppose it means biting people), bad as they are."
"No; I've always thought myself that line was not quite fair to the dogs
either, but the verses mean that we mustn't blame animals for doing things
that it is their nature to do."
"And yet, Grandma, I am not allowed to do naughty things because it is my
nature to."
"Ah, but, Tattine, there lies the beautiful difference. You can be reasoned
with, and made to understand things, so that you can change your nature--I
mean the part of you that makes you sometimes love to do naughty things.
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