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George Thorndike Angell Quotes:

George Thorndike Angell quotes

Ocupation: Lawyer

Life: June 5, 1823 - March 16, 1909

Birthday: June 5

Death: March 16

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Standing before you as the advocate of the lower races, I declare what I believe cannot be gainsaid...that just so soon and so far as we pour into all our schools the songs, the poems, and literature of mercy toward these lower creatures, just so soon and so far shall we reach the roots not only of cruelty, but of crime.

Topics: Song, Believe, School

quote i am sometimes asked why do you spend so much of your time and money talking about kindness george thorndike angell Quotes

I am sometimes asked, 'Why do you spend so much of your time and money talking about kindness to animals when there is so much cruelty to men?' I answer: 'I am working at the roots.'

source: - George Thorndike Angell (1884). “Autobiographical Sketches and Personal Recollections”

Topics: Kindness, Animal, Men, Kindness To Animals, Money Talks

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