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Quaestiones Naturales
Plutarch (plutarch)Natu 22 · perseus-eng2More by Plutarch (plutarch)
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Original / primary: Perseus Eng2
22.p25
22.p25
BECAUSE the flesh of those parts of the body which concoct aliment the best is sweetest; and that concocts best which transpires most by motion and exercise. But the bear uses the fore-feet most in going and running, and in managing of things, as it were with hands.

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