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ance or habits, it will be a long time before we 

 look upon them as our fellow-creatures. 



^ ^ Sympathy beyond the bounds of man, that is, 

 humanity to other animals, seems to be one of the 

 latest acquisitions. It is apparently unfelt by 

 savages, except toward their pets. How little the 

 old Eomans knew of it is shown by their revolting 

 gladiatorial exhibitions. The very idea of hu- 

 manity to animals, as far as I could observe, was 



"THE SPIRIT OF HUMANITY" 



new to most of the Gauchos of the Pampas. This 

 virtue, one of the noblest with which man is en- 

 dowed, seems to arise from our sympathies be- 

 coming more tender and more widely diffused, un- 

 til they are extended to all sentient beings. As 

 soon as this virtue is practiced and honored by a 

 few, it spreads, thru example and instruction, to 

 the young, and eventually becomes incorporated 

 in public opinion. ' ^ 



Humanitarianism is the name commonly given 

 to that higher humanity which embraces the whole 



