An idea from Essays

Hatred of cruelty can run deep: “I mortally hate cruelty, both by nature and judgment, as the very extreme of all vices.” Even a chicken’s neck being wrung is hard to watch. We owe justice to people and kindness to animals, even to trees.

From Essays by Michel de Montaigne

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