Word: lizzard
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...times led a life of untrammeled prehistoric ease--is now about to be thrust among the contaminations of modern civilization. "After all" says editorial opinion, "why should the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals concern itself with the Plesiosaurus who--as his name implies--is an 'Almost-Lizzard'? May we not expect ere-long to be confronted with a Society for the Preservation of American Hop-toads, with chapters in all the public schools...
...judging such a question it is a common error for Americans to neglect to put themselves in the position of those they criticise. We, for example, cannot imagine any one regarding a lizzard as a common "animal" any more than we expect to find monkeys infesting the trees in Central Park. We therefore jump to the conclusion: As a matter of fact, the Argentines have the very best reasons for regarding the lizzard as worthy of protection. No doubt the latter is as familiar a sight down there as the common cat is in this country...
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