hoofprint

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"Wherever man has left his footprint in the long ascent from barbarism to civilization we will find the hoofprint of the horse beside it," wrote 18th century historian John Moore.

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  • "Wherever man has left his footprint in the long ascent from barbarism to civilization we will find the hoofprint of the horse beside it," wrote 18th century historian John Moore. —  Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News
  • All this is a bit like insisting that any hoofprint sighted in a forest anywhere on Earth proves the reality of unicorns, and arguing from there that the best solution to the current health care crisis is to rely on the legendary curative power of unicorn horns. —  The Archdruid Report
  • Each hoofprint, each track left by the runners, immediately turned into a small muddy stream, busily rushing off somewhere. —  WordPress.com News
  • "Today, given shipping costs, we're trying to reduce our carbon footprint, trying to get it to a carbon hoofprint," Hind says. —  Starbulletin Headlines
  • The most recent footprint from 2008 was actually regarded to be a hoofprint, kind of a drag-impression in the snow distorted by multiple freeze and thaw cycles. —  Foxsylvania
 

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