CHAPTER XV 



MAN AS GUARDIAN OF THE LOWER ANIMALS — 

 MORAL DUTY TO BE KIND 



Bible enjoins kindness — Many instances of cruelty — The cries 

 and moans of poor suffering animals plead for mercy — Man is 

 responsible for their sad condition. 



In view of the common destiny of man and lower 

 animals, and their equal sensibility to pain, it be- 

 comes evident that man, as guardian, is under a 

 moral obligation to be kind and merciful to lower 

 animals as well as to his own species. "When man 

 avails himself of the service of lower animals he 

 should use such methods in the management of 

 them as is in accordance with their intelligence, 

 sensibility, and nature ; and not have recourse alone 

 to force, compulsion, and violence. If they should, 

 now and then, show restiveness and opposition, or 

 refuse to do as they should do, men should learn 

 to make proper allowance for such obstinacy of 

 temper by reflecting upon themselves as beings with 



inclinations of their own, and conscious frequently 



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