Thought for the Day

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"The murder business & sport by saint & sinner alike has been pushed 
ruthlessly, merrily on, until at last protective measures are being called 
for, partly, I suppose, because the pleasure of killing is in danger of being 
lost from there being little or nothing left to kill, & partly, let us hope, 
from a dim glimmering recognition of the rights of animals & their kinship to 
ourselves.

> — John Muir (1838-1914), pacifist, tramp, farmer, poet. Translated 19th 
> century Transcendentalist thought into action & demonstrated what one 
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