Carolina QuotesI am convinced that society will look back on human arrogance and cruelty toward other animals with the same horror and disbelief that we presently reserve for atrocities committed against human beings.
John Dear Carolinian
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- Christianity and Vegetarianism (1990)
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- 1990
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