The Word "independence" Is United To The

A Civilized Society Must Count Animals As Worthy Of Moral Consideration And Ethical Treatment. The Question Is Not, Can They Reason? Nor Can They Talk? But, Can They Suffer?

Kind Words Cost No More Than Unkind Ones . . . And We May Scatter The Seeds Of Courtesy And Kindliness Around Us At So Little Expense. If You Would Fall Into Any Extreme Let It Be On The Side Of Gentleness. The Human Mind Is So Constructed That It Resists Vigor And Yields To Softness.

The Age We Live In Is A Busy Age; In Which Knowledge Is Rapidly Advancing Towards Perfection.

Prose Is When All The Lines Except The Last Go On To The End. Poetry Is When Some Of Them Fall Short Of It.

Natural Rights Is Simple Nonsense: Natural And Imprescriptible Rights, Rhetorical Nonsense—nonsense Upon Stilts.