258 THE IMMORTALITY OF ANIMALS 



prevented by kind words and humane education 

 for every one that can be prevented by prosecution." 



King Edward VII, in an address before the 

 Koyal Society to prevent cruelty to animals, made 

 the following remarks: "The conductors of our 

 educational establishments will more and more 

 recognize that it is one of their great duties to 

 imbue the mind of the young with the conscious- 

 ness that, besides showing kindness and gentleness 

 to their fellow-creatures, they ought also to show 

 kindness and gentleness to the brute creation, to 

 which we owe so much. The more this is taught, 

 the more this feeling is inculcated, the more rapidly 

 will the objects of this excellent society be accom- 

 plished, and the more certainly will the time arrive, 

 as we hope it may, when the range of its duties 

 and action will be greatly diminished." 



Hence it is the business of a proper education to 

 direct the young mind to a proper regard for the 

 rights and happiness of all living things. 



To instruct the youth in the languages and in 

 the sciences, is comparatively of little benefit to 

 the world, if they are not taught to be kind and 

 law-abiding citizens. How often we see parents 

 thoughtlessly place a whip, air-gun, sling-shot and 



