“A fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind.”
“Be kind to animals,” you’re told.
The reasons? Well, they’re manifold,
And some are new, and some are old;
But when all’s said and done,
The motive that you’ll find most strong,
The simple rule, the short-and-long,
For doing animals no wrong,
Is this – that “you are one.”
The Vegetarian Messenger and Health Review, May, 1927, p. 83
More Verses by Henry Salt
- Charity on the CheapJustice, October 25, 1884
- On Mr. Bernard Shaw’s 70th BirthdayThe Times, July 26, 1926
- All Fools’ DayJustice, April 2, 1887
- The Blessings of EmigrationJustice, May 9, 1885
- The Shade of Judge Jeffreys to the English BenchThe Commonweal, February 19, 1888