"To one whose mind is free, there is something even more
intolerable in
the suffering of animals than in the sufferings of men. For with the
latter
it is at least admitted that suffering is evil and that the man who
causes it
is a criminal. But thousands of animals are uselessly butchered every
day
without a shadow of remorse. If any man were to refer to it, he would be
thought ridiculous. And that is the unpardonable crime. That alone is
the
justification of all that men may suffer. It cries vengeance upon all
the
human race. If God exists and tolerates it, it cries vengeance upon
God."
--Romain Rolland (Nobel Laureate), Jean Christophe
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