Some­time in the nine­teenth cen­tury it be­came pos­si­ble for masses of peo­ple to live away from an­i­mals. De­prived of its foun­da­tion in the com­mon wit­ness of an­i­mal life—left un­teth­ered—cul­ture be­came a cas­tle in air.

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