PREFACE II 



for the future abode of all animal life. This may 

 seem visionary, but I believe, as the years roll on, 

 that God will inspire men with wisdom to discover 

 and to teach some such humane purpose. Many 

 wonderful revelations have come upon the scien- 

 tists of our time — revelations which the philoso- 

 phers of the days of Kepler and Newton never 

 thought of; great truths which have confirmed 

 the authenticity of God's revelation to man and 

 man's relation and duties to all creation. 



With the great bulk of society, life is merely the 

 following of a few instincts with a perfect blindness 

 as to consequences. By individuals and by com- 

 munities alike, physical and moral evils are pa- 

 tiently endured, which a true knowledge of the 

 system of Providence would cause to be instantly 

 redressed. 



The philosophy set forth in this book extends the 

 principles of humanity to all animal life, and shows 

 the near relation of man to other animals in phys- 

 ical and mental phenomena. The doctrine is advo- 

 cated that we are morally bound to respect the 

 feelings and rights of animals as descendants from 

 the same Creator, even as we do those of our human 

 associates. 



