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Buck gets sold by a servant, is clubbed into submission by a dealer, sold to someone taking him and another dog north on a ship to hunt for gold.

Sad that so much of the tactics and even the names from the "ratf*cking" of the Nixon era are very much the same today - demonize the opponent, smear them any way possible, stir up fear and anger in the base, attach to emotional issues like war protests and abortion.

So many thoughts in relation to the message of waiting. Burr in Hamilton "I'm not standing still I am lying in wait." What about our own use of these ideas to judge others rather than care for ourselves? Incorporation of the thought into pop culture - Yoda "never his mind on where he was! What he was doing!"

Conjecture that (pre)humans became bipedal to gather food more effectively, and this led to using hands for other activities like tool making, which led to larger brains.