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Thomas Young Quotes

1772–1835 England

Thomas Young (bapt. 29 December 1772 – 11 November 1835) was an English writer, theologian, educator, and Anglican clergyman. A Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, he served as a tutor, dean, and preacher before becoming Rector of Gilling East, Yorkshire, in 1813.

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Also known as: Thomas Young (animal welfare writer)

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Every single act of cruelty contributes something towards generating in the mind an habit of cruelty.

An Essay on Humanity to Animals (1798)

[E]very experiment is cruel which gives pain to an animal, without having for its object the leading to some great and public good.

An Essay on Humanity to Animals (1798)

[I]t is our duty to cultivate humanity towards animals […] not content merely to rescue animals from pain but to leave them still more abundantly gratified.

An Essay on Humanity to Animals (1798)

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