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Animals are divided into: (a) belonging to the emperor, (b) embalmed, (c) tame, (d) sucking pigs, (e) sirens, (f) fabulous, (g) stray dogs, (h) included in the present classification, (i) frenzied, (j) innumerable, (k) drawn with a very fine camelhair brush, (l) et cetera, (m) having just broken the water pitcher, (n) that from a long way off look like flies. —The Analytical Language of John Wilkins
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List of animals (Borges) [Sept 2006]
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Other Inquisitions: 1937-1952 (1952) – Jorge Luis Borges
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