The Humane Review, Vol. 3

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Excerpt from The Humane Review, Vol. 3: April, 1902, to January, 1903 IT has been the belief of the Christian Church that man, before the fall, had nothing to fear from the lower animals: that they lived on friendly terms with him, being the OH spring of the same divine Creator and therefore were treated by him with kindness and respect. But as sin brought discord and strife into the world - discord between man and God, and between man and his fellows - so also it brought about discord between man and the lower creation. And this belief is so far corroborated by experience that there are very few animals which are not accessible to the in¿uence of kindly treatment and capable of being tamed if taken in hand at an early period. The beautiful stories told of the charm exercised by St. Francis of Assisi and other saints over shy birds and wild animals are at least illustra tions of the truth which we see from time to time realized, that it is possible by innocence, kindness, and sympathy, to win the confidence and affection of these creatures. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.