“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
- Deo GratiasThe Dietetic Reformer and Vegetarian Messenger, April 1, 1885
- A Song of “Freedom”Justice, February 14, 1885
- The Socialist not a VegetarianThe Vegetarian Messenger and Health Review, February 1928
- The Shade of Judge Jeffreys to the English BenchThe Commonweal, February 19, 1888