248 THE IMMORTALITY OF ANIMALS 



come tame and gentle, and seem to really enjoy 

 man's society. 



Fish will flee from the approach, or even the 

 shadow of man, but can be tamed and become 

 so confiding that they will approach to the edge of 

 the water and take food out of a man's hand. 



"We read in the life of Kobinson Crusoe that 

 when he was shipwrecked and drifted ashore on an 

 island where no human being had lived, he soon 

 tamed all the animals so that they were his friendly 

 companions. Whether this be true or not, yet the 

 principle is true. The golden rule will work with 

 animals, in most cases, as well as with mankind. 

 All successful tamers of ferocious as well as domes- 

 tic animals, are men who treat them with perfect 

 kindness. 



Almost any sin can say more for itself than 

 the sin of cruelty to animals, as there is no tempta- 

 tion nor good reason why such a sin should be 

 committed. As the lower animals have not the 

 power of expression, and of complaining of their 

 wrongs, we should not take advantage of their 

 condition. The more helpless the object of op- 

 pression be, the greater the demand on our sympa- 

 thies. We feel more deeply when injuries are 



