And, indeed, has not nature given, to almost every creature, the same spontaneous signs of the various affections? Admire we not in other animals whatever is most eloquent in man, the tremor of desire, the tear of distress, the piercing …
John Oswald (revolutionary)
Scottish philosopher and revolutionary (c. 1760–1793)
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- Lived
- 1700–1793
- Born
- Edinburgh
- Died
- Thouars
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Known as
- revolutionary, philosopher
- Era
- 18th century
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Works (3)
At all events, the pleasing persuasion that his work may have contributed to mitigate the ferocities of prejudice, and to diminish in some degree the great mass of misery which oppresses the animal world, will in the hour of distress …
The butcher's knife hath laid low the delight of a fond dam, & the darling of Nature is now stretched in gore upon the ground.