"Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it."
2007-03-25 04:49:58 · 11 answers · asked by MynameisShirl 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I recognized that immediately. It's Mark Twain. I've studied his works for a long time.
2007-03-25 04:55:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens). Here's the full text.
"Man is a religious animal. He is the only religious animal. He is the only animal that has the 'True Religion' - several of them! He is the only animal that loves his neighbour as himself but cuts his throat if his theology isn't straight. He has made a graveyard of the globe in trying his honest best to smooth his brother's path to happiness and heaven. The animals have no religion. And we are told that they are going to be left out in the Hereafter. I wonder why? It seems questionable taste......Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it. It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions. The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to the other creatures. The fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creature that cannot. I am not interested to know whether it is profitable to the human race or not. The pain it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis and sufficient justification of my enmity towards it without looking further. In studying the traits and dispositions of the so-called lower animals, and contrasting them with man's, I find the result humiliating to me."
2007-03-25 04:58:52 · answer #2 · answered by Jeanne Lee 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mark Twain
2007-03-25 04:59:23 · answer #3 · answered by Jenny W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Me - I'm always saying this, but apparently Mark Twain said it first.
Someone tell Chris ( who is supposed to be a clever chappie) that he wrote Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn,A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court and many many more
2007-03-25 06:52:06 · answer #4 · answered by Cream tea 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mark Twain, indeed.
2007-03-25 04:57:06 · answer #5 · answered by **ZARA** 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mark twain. Ah don't pick me as best answer i totally don't deserve it I just copied those guys above lmao. Who is this guy? He sounds familiar. x
2007-03-25 05:51:31 · answer #6 · answered by chris c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it was mark twain
2007-03-25 08:22:53 · answer #7 · answered by james michael c 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I totally agree with you!
2007-03-25 04:53:00 · answer #8 · answered by BubbleGumBoobs! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-03-25 04:56:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
TWAIN
2007-03-25 04:53:08 · answer #10 · answered by luvmy4lilmen 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋