Domesticated beasts of superior habits to the common will indulge themselves with a luxurious roll in carrion, for a revival of their original instincts.
Society was largely a purchaser.

The ghastly thing was dreaded as a scourge, hailed as a refreshment, nourished as a parasite.

It professed undaunted honesty, and operated in the fashion of the worms bred of decay.

Success was its boasted justification.

The animal world, when not rigorously watched, will always crown with success the machine supplying its appetites.