CONTENTS.

PART I.

SECTION I.

THAT ANIMALS ARE CAPABLE OF SUFFERING, AND THAT WHILE

SUFFERING GENERALLY PERVADES THEIR ECONOMY, CRUELTY

DOES NOT EXIST IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE DIVINE

GOVERNMENT

SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE AGENCY OF

MAN

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SECTION II.

THAT

ANIMALS AND A LARGE PROPORTION OF THE

CREATURES SUFFER BY THE CRUEL AGENCY OF MAN

PART II.

SECTION I.

THE CLAIMS OF THE INFERIOR CREATURES AS FOUNDED ON

THE DICTATES OF NATURAL RELIGION AND MORALITY

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SECTION II.

THE CLAIMS OF THE INFERIOR CREATURES AS RECOGNIZED AND

ENFORCED IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, AND ESPECIALLY BY

THE RELIGION OF CHRIST

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PART III.

SECTION I.

THE CLAIMS OF THE INFERIOR CREATURES ENFORCED BY A CON-

SIDERATION

OF THE DEBASING INFLUENCE OF CRUELTY ON

THE INDIVIDUAL CHARACTER, AND THE EVILS IT INFLICTS

UPON SOCIETY

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SECTION II.

THE CLAIMS OF THE INFERIOR CREATURES ENFORCED ON THE

GROUND OF THE PLEASURABLE AND VIRTUOUS TRAIN OF

FEELINGS AND HABITS WHICH THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF

THE

ANIMAL CREATION.

PART THE FIRST.

SECTION I

THAT ANIMALS ARE CAPABLE OF SUFFERING, AND THAT WHILE SUFFERING GENERALLY PERVADES THEIR ECONOMY, CRUELTY DOES NOT EXIST IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE DIVINE SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE AGENCY

GOVERNMENT

OF MAN.

AMONG the various efforts and objects of benevolence, which distinguish the present age, it is matter of regret that the sufferings of animals should have been so little heeded or even known. Is it that the absorbing interests of our own species have not allowed the regard of general attention to be drawn down to creatures so far inferior in the scale of existence, and therefore that the regard of sympathy has been feeble and transient, and of little real benefit?

Perhaps, too, prejudice against any systematic attempt to ameliorate the condition of animals