Chapter VIII, paragraph 2: “. . . [T]he little imp fell a-squalling, and scratching, and biting with such violence, that I was forced to let it go; and it was high time, for a whole troop of old ones came about us at the noise, but finding the cub was safe . . . they durst not venture near us. I observed the young animal’s flesh to smell very rank, and the stink was somewhat between a weasel and a fox . . . .” Chapter VIII, paragraph 10: “Friendship and benevolence are the two principled virtues among the Houyhnhnms; and these not confined to particular objects, but universal to the whole race. . . . They preserve decency and civility in the highest degrees, but are altogether ignorant of ceremony. . . . [I]t is reason only that makes a distinction of persons . . . .” All of the following diction from the passages above illustrates animal or beast-like qualities except __________. “cub” “weasel” “scratching” “benevolence”