"...Flesh-eaters cannot sympathize with total abstainers
from meat. We
Europeans are nations of civilized barbarians with but a few millenniums
be-
tween ourselves and our cave-dwelling forefathers who sucked the blood
and
marrow from uncooked bones. Thus, it is only natural that those who hold
human life so cheaply in their frequent and often iniquitous wars,
should
entirely disregard the death-agonies of the brute creation, and daily
sacrifice
millions of innocent, harmless lives...In ancient Sparta -- than whose
stern
citizens none were ever less sensitive to the delicate feelings of the
human
heart -- a boy, when convicted of torturing an animal for amusement, was
put
to death as one whose nature was so thoroughly villainous that he could
not be
permitted to live. But in civilized Europe rapidly progressing in all
things save
Christian virtues -- might remains unto this day the synonym of right."
Excerpt from "HAVE ANIMALS SOULS?"
Article by H. P. Blavatsky, March 1886
full article is in:
http://www.blavatsky.net/blavatsky/arts/HaveAnimalsSouls.htm
Go on to
Why Not?
Return to 24 January 1999 Issue
Return to Newsletters
** Fair Use Notice**
This document may contain copyrighted material, use of which has not been
specifically authorized by the copyright owners. I believe that this
not-for-profit, educational use on the Web constitutes a fair use of the
copyrighted material (as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright
Law). If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your
own that go beyond fair use, you must obtain permission from the copyright
owner.
