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That we have altered the dog genetically is well understood; it is hardly known how they changed us.

~Donald Mccaig

Topics: Altered Changed Dog Genetically Hardly How Known Understood Us Well

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Since dogs could hear and smell better than men, we could concentrate on sight. Since courage is commonplace in dogs, men's adrenal glands could shrink. Dogs, by making us more efficient predators, gave us time to think. In short, dogs civilized us.

~Donald Mccaig

Topics: Better Civilized Commonplace Concentrate Could Courage Dogs Efficient Gave Glands Hear Making Men More Predators Short Shrink Sight Since Smell Than Think Time Us

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If you don't have work for a border collie or time to train it properly, your bright young border collie will invent his own work, and chances are you won't like it.

~Donald Mccaig

Topics: Border Bright Chances His Invent Like Own Properly Time Train Will Work You Young Your

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The Civil War has a tremendous moral and emotional force.

~Donald Mccaig

Topics: Civil Civil War Emotional Force Moral Tremendous War

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Research is the historical novelist's map, constraint, and purest energy.

~Donald Mccaig

Topics: Constraint Energy Historical Map Novelist Purest Research

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The events of the Civil War are so odd, ferocious, and poignant that fictional characters do well simply to inhabit them.

~Donald Mccaig

Topics: Characters Civil Civil War Events Ferocious Fictional Inhabit Odd Poignant Simply Them War Well

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I am no historian but have tried to stick tight to the facts.

~Donald Mccaig

Topics: Am Facts Historian Stick Tight Tried I Am

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A young dog's faith is absolute... Dogs are notorious for hope. Dogs believe that this morning, this very morning, may begin a day of fascination, easily grander than any day in the past.

~Donald Mccaig

Topics: Absolute Any Begin Believe Day Dog Dogs Easily Faith Fascination Grander Hope In The Past May Morning Notorious Past Than Very Young

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I had been saying to myself for a good many years that I was really a writer and that I was in advertising temporarily.

~Donald Mccaig

Topics: Advertising Been Good Had Many Myself Really Saying Temporarily Writer Years

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Driving alone, you can make 800 miles a day.

~Donald Mccaig

Topics: Alone Day Driving Make Miles You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: January 1st, 1940

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