“To you, of right, these pages must be inscribed, the fountain of their best thoughts, not as mere praise, but for the instruction of others, to record the charm of perfect companionship, proved by your example; the instinctive homage even of brutes before the magic of an amiable and generous heart, without a selfish trace… Were all hearts tuned like yours, an appeal to human justice would not be needed: — Then to your name a fitter title might be inscribed — the Wrongs of Animals ceased for ever, the dubious vestiges of Eden might become the certain foot-prints of our dialy practice; and cruelty and suffering known no more.”

— David Mushet

The Wrongs of the Animal World, to Which is Subjoined the Speech of Lord Erskine on the Same Subject http://books.google.com/books?id=KVwPAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR5, London, 1839. p. vi-v; As cited in: animalrightshistory.org http://animalrightshistory.org/animal-rights-c1837-1901/victorian-m/mus-david-muschet/1839-wrongs-animal-world.htm, 2014

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