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Stealthily, as if on shoes of felt,—as if on paws of velvet, with eyes luminous, tail bushy,—he walks warily, all energies compressively summoned, towards that high goal.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 14 by Carlyle, Thomas