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Page 52
But this permission cannot authorize us to put them to unnecessary pain , or
lingering death . Death they are all liable to ; they must submit to it ; and they do
not seem to us to have any idea , or fear of death . Avoidance of pain is indeed as
...
But this permission cannot authorize us to put them to unnecessary pain , or
lingering death . Death they are all liable to ; they must submit to it ; and they do
not seem to us to have any idea , or fear of death . Avoidance of pain is indeed as
...
Page 53
As to ourselves , We fear both pain and death ; and our fear of death arises from
the fear of future pain , or from apprehensions of what may happen to us after
death : and in some men these apprehensions are so terrifying , that they prefer ...
As to ourselves , We fear both pain and death ; and our fear of death arises from
the fear of future pain , or from apprehensions of what may happen to us after
death : and in some men these apprehensions are so terrifying , that they prefer ...
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a blessed immortality , when * all tears shall be wiped from our eyes ; I when
there shall be no more death , neither forrow nor crying , neither Mall there be
any more pain . Human hope is human support and comfort . But what hope is
there to ...
a blessed immortality , when * all tears shall be wiped from our eyes ; I when
there shall be no more death , neither forrow nor crying , neither Mall there be
any more pain . Human hope is human support and comfort . But what hope is
there to ...
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come , the sooner it comes ; and sudden death more desirable than a lingering
painful Life . And whilst the poor animal is thus kindly delivered from his pain by
precipitated death , the Creature that devours him has his degree of happiness ...
come , the sooner it comes ; and sudden death more desirable than a lingering
painful Life . And whilst the poor animal is thus kindly delivered from his pain by
precipitated death , the Creature that devours him has his degree of happiness ...
Page 154
To starve him to death is such a mixture of Folly and Cruelty , that no man of
common sense or common humanity can ever be supposed to be guilty of it . But
to muzzle him whilst treading out the corn , or laboring for the food of Man , is not
...
To starve him to death is such a mixture of Folly and Cruelty , that no man of
common sense or common humanity can ever be supposed to be guilty of it . But
to muzzle him whilst treading out the corn , or laboring for the food of Man , is not
...
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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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