“There is no more useful or willing animal than the Mule.
And perhaps there is no other animal so much abused, or so little cared for. Popular opinion of his nature has not been favorable; and he has had to plod and work through life against the prejudices of the ignorant.”
—Muleskinner Harvey Riley, in his 1867 book, The Mule
The mule and jackass’s role is often misun
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