Andviathe travellers and the administrators, in time naturalists, essayists, poets, and philosophers were awakened to the vegetarian appeal. With such disparaging treat- ment of the lower castes and, of course, outcasts, it would at first seem surprising if animals were treated with a respect rarely accorded somefellow humans. The ritual promotes the solidarity, the belongingness, of the group orpair. Leaving the transient, find joy in the Eternal: set not your heart on another's possessions. Perhaps Newton's recognition that animals were entitled to earnest ethical consideration was extended further than warranted.
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