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What we call culture is the way we automatically think and act every day. After years it becomes ingrained in you.
“My nightmares relate all of man's inhumanity to man---to our willing acceptance of cruelty to the other animals. ”
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“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
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“When the last living thing
Has died on account of us,
How poetical it would be
If Earth could say,
In a voice floating up
Perhaps
From the floor
Of the Grand Canyon,
"It is done."
People did not like it here.”
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Has died on account of us,
How poetical it would be
If Earth could say,
In a voice floating up
Perhaps
From the floor
Of the Grand Canyon,
"It is done."
People did not like it here.”
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“In fact, if one person is unkind to an animal it is considered to be cruelty, but where a lot of people are unkind to animals, especially in the name of commerce, the cruelty is condoned and, once large sums of money are at stake, will be defended to the last by otherwise intelligent people.”
― Animal Machines
― Animal Machines
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The American West
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Readers discussing the American West, today and throughout history.
Our History
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This group is for anyone who is interested in history - biographies, narratives, hard history, historical fiction, alternate history, etc. - to share ...more
Slavery Narratives
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This group is for people to tell me about good slavery narratives, both fiction and non-fiction, and especially fictional neo-narratives
Steampunk Lit
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Being a collection of books with a steampunk bent. Rife with explorers, mad scientists, steam power, sword-wielding warriors and clever young girls wi ...more
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