
25 - The Two Dog Men
The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds
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The Importance of a Diplomatic Uniform
In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Henry Burns as secretary to the American vocation to the court of the Tsar Alexander II. He was in Russia for less than two years and he hated it. After everything he'd barely tried in life, he realized that he could help animals because he was dressed nice. Soon returned to New York where he began walking the streets and intervening on behalf of animals whose treatment he judged cruel. With no need to earn a living, he patrolled the streets daily, a coachman driving over Burton horses and braiding farmers.
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