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itous blot upon the face of beneficent nature. 

 My onl^^ consolation lies in the half-formed 

 belief that feeling among these lower crea- 

 tures is indefinite and that pain appears to 

 effect them far less acutely than it effects 

 warm-blooded animals." To which I have to 

 add that he should have embraced plants, and 

 then concluded that in proportion to their de- 

 gree of organization they are hurt, and to the 

 same degree deserve consideration. 



