The Truth About An Animal Is Far

The Fidelity Of A Dog Is A Precious Gift Demanding No Less Binding Moral Responsibilities Than The Friendship Of A Human Being.

All The Advantages That Man Has Gained From His Ever-deepening Understanding Of The Natural World That Surrounds Him, His Technological, Chemical And Medical Progress, All Of Which Should Seem To Alleviate Human Suffering... Tends Instead To Favor Humanity's Destruction.

I Am Convinced That Of All The People On The Two Sides Of The Great Curtain, The Space Pilots Are The Least Likely To Hate Each Other. Like The Late Erich Von Holst, I Believe That The Tremendous And Otherwise Not Quite Explicable Public Interest In Space Flight Arises From The Subconscious Realization That It Helps To Preserve Peace. May It Continue To Do So!

The Instinctive Need To Be The Member Of A Closely Knit Group Fighting For Common Ideals May Grow So Strong That It Becomes Inessential What These Ideals Are.

Visualize Yourself Confronted With The Task Of Killing, One After The Other, A Cabbage, A Fly, A Fish, A Lizard, A Guinea Pig, A Cat, A Dog, A Monkey And A Baby Chimpanzee. In The Unlikely Case That You Should Experience No Greater Inhibitions In Killing The Chimpanzee Than In Destroying The Cabbage Or The Fly, My Advice To You Is To Commit Suicide At Your Earliest Possible Convenience, Because You Are A Weird Monstrosity And A Public Danger.