автор(ы): Wallace Sife, Ph.D.

The following speech was made by the late Senator Vest of Missouri in the trial of a man at Warrensburg, who had wan- tonly shot a dog belonging to a neighbor. Mr. Vest represented the plaintiff, who demanded $200 in damages. As a result of this speech, the jury, after two minutes of deliberation, awarded the plain tiff $500. “Gentlemen of the jury: The best friend a man has in this world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daugh ter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name, may become traitors to their faith. The money that a man has, he may lose. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it the most. A man’s reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill considered action. The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with us may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads. The one absolutely unselfish friend that a man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him and the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog.

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