Moral Inquiries on the Situation of Man and of Brutes
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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On the Crime of Committing Cruelty to Brutes, and of Sacrificing Them to the Purposes of Man; with Further Reflections; Observations on Mr. Martin’s Act, on the Vagrant Act, and on the Tread Mills; to Which Are Added Some Improvements in Scapers, or Substitutes for Carriage Wheels; a New Plan of the Same, and Some Other Mechanical Subjects
Though, in presenting these few sheets to an enlightened public, I hope for their countenance and their indulgence, I am aware that many of the sentiments contained in them are too far different from those mostly entertained, to expect them to meet with immediate and general success; but were the sentiments the same as those of others, I might spare myself the pains of publishing them.
Does it follow that a person is to withhold the performance of the good which may be within his power, because he does not attempt that which may seem beyond it?