"Amongst the minds of animals that of man leads, not as a demigod from another planet, but as a king from the same race."

Animals, Man, Race

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"Amongst the minds of animals that of man leads, not as a demigod from another planet, but as a king from the same race."

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"The way animals were and are abused appalls me to this very day."

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"Be able to identify the most common breeds of dogs and cats on sight."

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"Reason number 106 why dogs are smarter than humans: once you leave the litter, you sever contact with your mothers."

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"Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals."

George Orwell, British Author

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"People love dogs. You can never go wrong adding a dog to the story."

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"Animals will always have sad eyes because they can see into the soul of man."

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"If we stay with animal analogies for a moment, owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are god. (Cats may sometimes share the cold entrails of a kill with you, but this is just what a god might do if he was in a good mood.)"

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"I hate cats."Death's face became a little stiffer, if that were possible. The blue glow in his eye sockets flickered red for an instant."I SEE," he said. The tone suggested that death was too good for cat haters."

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"For origin and development of human faculty we must look to these processes of association in lower animals."

Development

"This growth in the number, speed of formation, permanence, delicacy and complexity of associations possible for an animal reaches its acme in the case of man."

Growth

"So the animal finally performs in that situation only the fitting act."

Act

"Psychology helps to measure the probability that an aim is attainable."

Psychology

"The real difference between a man's scientific judgments about himself and the judgment of others about him is he has added sources of knowledge."

Knowledge

"From the lowest animals of which we can affirm intelligence up to man this type of intellect is found."

Intelligence

"Human education is concerned with certain changes in the intellects, characters and behavior of men, its problems being roughly included under these four topics: Aims, materials, means and methods."

Education

"The dog, on the other hand, has few or no ideas because his brain acts in coarse fashion and because there are few connections with each single process."

Creativity

"It will, of course, be understood that directly or indirectly, soon or late, every advance in the sciences of human nature will contribute to our success in controlling human nature and changing it to the advantage of the common weal."

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"When, instead of merely associating some act with some situation in the animal way, we think the situation out, we have a set of particular feelings of its elements."

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