Canis Major Dwarf

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“Uncle Ben’s brass bullet-mould
And powder horn, and Major Bogan’s face
Above the fire, in the half-light, plainly said
There’s naught to kill but the animated dead;”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)

“A dwarf who brings a standard along with him to measure his own size—take my word, is a dwarf in more articles than one.”
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