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VI. 



THE LOVE OF ANIMALS FOR MAN 

 AND FOR EACH OTHER. 



MY DEAR FRIENDS, 



Some of you asked me to read you another 

 lecture, and I am going to give you one on the 

 love of animals for man and for each other. It 

 is an interesting subject, and may, perhaps, in- 

 duce those who either read or hear it to treat 

 dumb animals with that kindness which every 

 one who has a good heart would wish to do. 



When that fearful curse was pronounced upon 

 man, " the fear of you and the dread of you 

 shall be upon every beast of the field and fowl 

 of the air," leading creatures to avoid mankind 

 as their worst enemies, one exception seems to 

 have been made in the case of the dog. This 

 faithful animal cleaves to his master through 



