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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



physical relation, that the depths of the sea are about equal to 

 the heights of the mountains, has given place to exact notions as 

 to the depths as well as the heights. 



The greatest known depths that have been reliably sounded in 

 the different oceans are given in the following list : 



THE CULTIVATION OF HUMANE IDEAS AND 

 FEELINGS.* 



BY PROF. WESLEY MILLS, M. A., M. D., 



MC GILL UNIVERSITY, MONTREAL. 



THE main object of every society for the prevention of cruelty 

 to animals I take to be the establishment of right feelings 

 toward our speechless fellow- creatures. But feeling, to be correct, 

 strong, and abiding, must be based on sound conceptions of the 

 nature of that toward which it is exercised. So long as any indi- 

 vidual believes that another wishes to injure him, so long will he 

 find it most difficult to entertain kindly feelings toward the man 

 that he deems his enemy ; but let it appear that he has entirely 

 misunderstood the motive and actions of the individual in ques- 

 tion that instead of an enemy he proves to be a friend and the 

 whole current of feeling is changed. Thus would it be, in my 

 opinion, with thousands of people if they could be made to see 

 animals in their true light. 



Glancing at historical and national views of animal life, we 

 find at all periods widely different conceptions, and consequently 



* An Address before the American Humane Association, Philadelphia, October 27, 1892. 



