Quote#God & Faith
We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated…
Quote byWilliam Ralph Inge · 1860–1954
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Outspoken Essays (1919/1922), "The Idea of Progress", Romanes Lecture (27 May 1920), reprinted in Outspoken Essays: Second Series (1922).
English (original)
We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.
— William Ralph Inge
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