“The victory of vivisection marks a great advance in the triumph of ruthless, non-moral utilitarianism over the old world of ethical law; a triumph in which we, as well as animals, are already the victims, and of which Dachau and Hiroshima mark the more recent achievements.”

"Vivisection" (1947), p. 228
God in the Dock (1970)

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Christian apologist, novelist, and Medievalist 1898–1963

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