The world, I mean our own portion of it, sometimes seems to… - William Alcott

" "
The world, I mean our own portion of it, sometimes seems to me like one mighty slaughter-house — one grand school for the suppression of every kind and tender and brotherly feeling — one grand process of education to the entire destitution of all moral principle — one vast scene of destruction to all moral sensibility, and all sympathy with the woes of those around us. Is it not so?

William Alcott

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About William Alcott

William Andrus Alcott (August 6, 1798 – March 29, 1859), also known as William Alexander Alcott, was an American educator, educational reformer, physician, and author of 108 books. His works, which include a wide range of topics including , , school house design, family life, and diet, are still widely cited today.

Also Known As

Alternative Names: William A. Alcott • William Andrus Alcott • William Alexander Alcott

All quotes from William Alcott Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like William Alcott:

Henry Stephens Salt Lewis Gompertz Hereward Carrington Ingrid Newkirk Philip Kapleau

Additional quotes by William Alcott

None, so far as I know, will affirm, or at least with any show of reason maintain, that anatomy, so far as that goes, is in favor of flesh-eating.

The destruction of animals for food, in its details and tendencies, involves so much of cruelty as to cause every reflecting individual — not destitute of the ordinary sensibilities of our nature — to shudder.

No child, I think, can walk through a common market or slaughter-house without receiving moral injury; nor am I quite sure that any virtuous adult can.

The world, I mean our own portion of it, sometimes seems to me like one mighty slaughter-house — one grand school for the suppression of every kind a… - William Alcott

About William Alcott

Also Known As

Additional quotes by William Alcott