When she was an undergraduate, our daughter Jessica took several courses from a wonderfully wise linguistics professor, Elaine Chaika, who was also, as we are, a great lover of dogs. Elaine said that man's best friend really was exactly that. The domesticated dog was smart enough to cull healthy animals from a wild herd, and obedient enough — and obed…
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to Word & Song by Anthony Esolen to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.