CHAPTER III. 

 Our Obligations to Our Dumb Dependents 



ONE is tempted to say that the " fad " of the 

 present is philanthropy, but it is more — it 

 is the legitimate fruit of liberal education and 

 enkindled interest in humanity in general. The 

 American of the future — and of the present — 

 more nearly complies with the duties of true citizen- 

 ship than any of his contemporaries or predecessors, 

 and assures limitless advances along the same lines. 

 Genuine as are these obligations, those due to the 

 dumb animals in his care, for pleasure or for profit, 

 are as important, and should be met and cancelled in 

 the same generous and thoughtful spirit. If, ho'W- 

 ever, we are speedily and intelligently to ensure 

 proper consideration for all animals, this reform 

 must come from instructing the children, from 

 carrying it to the same limits as other branches in 



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