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In his grief over the loss of a dog, a little boy stands for the first time on tiptoe, peering into the rueful morrow of manhood. After this most inconsolable of sorrows there is nothing life can do to him that he will not be able somehow to bear.
In his grief over the loss of a dog, a little boy stands for the first time on tiptoe, peering into the rueful morrow of manhood. After this most inconsolable of sorrows there is nothing life can do to him that he will not be able somehow to bear.
Approximate author period: c. 1929 AD · modern
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- James Thurber
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- Approximate author period: c. 1929 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for James Thurber: documented activity in 1929. Wikidata Q124527, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124527 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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