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ing, without thinking for a moment of their consent as, 

 for instance, that noble animal, the horse, in war-- it seems 

 to him that the last places to be coupled with the ques- 

 tion of morality involved in the use of the lower animals, 

 are the physiological and biological laboratories of this 

 Commonwealth. 



If it is not immoral for the lower animals to be slaucrh- 



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tcred, oftentimes with considerable suffering, for men's food, 

 how can it be considered immoral for some of the lower 

 animals to be subjected, under proper auspices, to the 

 processes of experimentation for the physical or mental 

 well-being of man? 



He desires to speak in opposition to that portion of the 

 proposed legislation which would prohibit " demonstrations " 

 before classes in medical schools, even when the operations 

 involved would all be painless. 



It seemed to him that such " demonstrations " would be 

 of immense value in medical training. To do away with 

 such methods of illustration and to rely upon the text-book 

 or the lecture alone, seemed to be like deliberately turning 

 backward. 



No high school, not to speak of colleges or universi- 

 ties, in the Commonwealth, would tolerate for a moment 

 such a retrograde course of procedure in reference to 

 education in physics or chemistry. 



He pleaded most earnestly that the legislature should 

 not pass any needless or obstructive laws, and that the 

 progress of science should be in no way impeded. 



He believed that the present statutes against cruelty to 

 animals, the enlightened Christian common sense of the 

 community, and the high character of those who direct tlu- 

 experiments, were the best and the sufficient safeguard 

 against all abuses. 



In conclusion, he uttered a fervent protest against the 

 base insinuations of a lack of human feeling on the part of 



