“Standing before you as the advocate of the lower races, I declare what I believe cannot be gainsaid...that just so soon and so far as we pour into all our schools the songs, the poems, and literature of mercy toward these lower creatures, just so soon and so far shall we reach the roots not only of cruelty, but of crime.” BelieveSchoolSongLiteratureI BelieveAnimalRaceCrimeCreaturesEthicsStandingRootsMercyCrueltyPetAnimal Ethics Author:George Thorndike Angell