QuotationsGeorg Thorndike Angell
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Weeds by Mary T. Hoffman

Georg Thorndike Angell
American lawyer, philanthropist, animal advocate
(1823-1909)

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

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