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and reflection which we now enjoy ; and other Beings , in human shape , should
take upon them to torment , abuse , and barbarously ill treat us , because we
were not made in their shape ; the injustice and cruelty of their behaviour to Us ...
and reflection which we now enjoy ; and other Beings , in human shape , should
take upon them to torment , abuse , and barbarously ill treat us , because we
were not made in their shape ; the injustice and cruelty of their behaviour to Us ...
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mistaken , it appears to me to be false reasoning to say , that Because I have
permission to kill a brute , and cannot kill him without putting him to some degree
of necesfary pain in the port article of death , Therefore I have permission to put
him ...
mistaken , it appears to me to be false reasoning to say , that Because I have
permission to kill a brute , and cannot kill him without putting him to some degree
of necesfary pain in the port article of death , Therefore I have permission to put
him ...
Page 69
Therefore , for us to infer , that men may be cruel to brutes in general , because
some brutes are naturally fierce and blood thirsty , is tantamount to saying ,
Cruelty in Britain is no sin , because there are Wild Tigers in India . But is their
ferocity ...
Therefore , for us to infer , that men may be cruel to brutes in general , because
some brutes are naturally fierce and blood thirsty , is tantamount to saying ,
Cruelty in Britain is no sin , because there are Wild Tigers in India . But is their
ferocity ...
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Yet ungrateful Man , with all his Reafon unreasonable , deaf to the voice of
Justice , and obdurate to the feelings of Compassion , abuses his Power and
Dominion over these poor creatures ; because , for his sake , they are
defenceless ...
Yet ungrateful Man , with all his Reafon unreasonable , deaf to the voice of
Justice , and obdurate to the feelings of Compassion , abuses his Power and
Dominion over these poor creatures ; because , for his sake , they are
defenceless ...
Page 240
I leave it to your own judgment to determine , whether You or your Horse
deserves most to be corrected . In short , to smite your horse because he
stumbles or starts , is irrationality and weakness . And , if you will not allow your
boasted reason ...
I leave it to your own judgment to determine , whether You or your Horse
deserves most to be corrected . In short , to smite your horse because he
stumbles or starts , is irrationality and weakness . And , if you will not allow your
boasted reason ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A Dissertation on the Duty of Mercy and Sin of Cruely to Brute Animals |
| Author | Humphrey Primatt |
| Publisher | T. Cadell, 1776 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 26 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 326 pages |
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