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A local doctor asking a mother what career she thinks her son will pursue, she insists he is going to be a butcher due to his love of animals and the time he spends at the slaughter-house. Wood engraving by B. Partridge, 1899.

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A local doctor asking a mother what career she thinks her son will pursue, she insists he is going to be a butcher due to his love of animals and the time he spends at the slaughter-house. Wood engraving by B. Partridge, 1899.