Gentlemen of the Jury:

The best friend a man has in the world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name may become traitors to their faith. The money that a man has, he may lose. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it most. A man’s reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action. The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with us may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads.
The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog.
A man’s dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his master’s side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer; he will lick the wounds and sores that come in an encounter with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince. When all other friends desert, he remains.
When riches take wings, and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens.
If fortune drives the master forth an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him, to guard him against danger, to fight against his enemies. And when the last scene of all comes, and death takes his master in its embrace and his body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way, there by the graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad, but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true even in death.


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• dog lovers out there, syracusespg, Thu, 24 Mar 2005 17:24:09
  • thank you all, syracusespg, Fri, 25 Mar 2005 19:38:34
  • Re: dog lovers out there, DouglasKeith, Fri, 25 Mar 2005 15:14:39 <-- Viewing This Message
  • poem for you, anon., Fri, 25 Mar 2005 06:49:08
  • Re: dog lovers out there, syracusespg, Fri, 25 Mar 2005 06:16:45
  • thanks, AndyR, Fri, 25 Mar 2005 06:16:24
  • Not just dog-lovers, RS , Fri, 25 Mar 2005 06:09:00
  • Our hearts go out to you., AndyR, Fri, 25 Mar 2005 05:49:30
    • Sorry, here is a normal size picture of my puppy, AndyR, Fri, 25 Mar 2005 05:58:30
      • Re: Sorry, here is a normal size picture of my puppy, syracusespg, Fri, 25 Mar 2005 06:09:25
  • Sorry to hear it, jc, Fri, 25 Mar 2005 05:41:59
  • yup, I'm one too, STICKMAN, Fri, 25 Mar 2005 05:28:25
    • sick dog with new pup, Aero'ed, Fri, 25 Mar 2005 09:57:46
  • Same happening here..., Noel, Fri, 25 Mar 2005 05:19:55
  • Site for all who have loved and lost a pet, BenL, Fri, 25 Mar 2005 04:25:59
  • Re: dog lovers out there, bazil burns, Fri, 25 Mar 2005 03:23:44
  • Re: dog lovers out there, Yaofeng, Thu, 24 Mar 2005 20:26:52
  • Re: dog lovers out there, IanC , Thu, 24 Mar 2005 19:39:28
  • my heart goes out to you, JohnA , Thu, 24 Mar 2005 18:02:50
    • Good info, Pharme962, Thu, 23 Sep 2010 04:44:57
    • Re: my heart goes out to you, syracusespg, Thu, 24 Mar 2005 20:29:27
      • Re: my heart goes out to you, dboone, Thu, 24 Mar 2005 21:22:14

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