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, an object of abhorrence. On the carcaſe we feed, without remorſe, becauſe the dying ſtruggles of the butchered creature are ſecluded from our ſight; becauſe his cries pierce not our ear; becauſe his agonizing ſhrieks ſink not into our ſoul: but were we forced, with our own hands, to aſſaſſinate the animals whom we devour, who is there amongſt us that would not throw down, with deteſtation, the knife; and, rather than embrue his hands in the murder of the lamb, conſent, for 9