Cruelty is the worst of sins. It is far better to worship a false God, than to injure your neighbor-far better to bow before a monstrosity of stone, than to enslave your fellow-men. (Robert G. Ingersoll)

Cruelty is the worst of sins. It is far better to worship a false God, than to injure your neighbor-far better to bow before a monstrosity of stone, than to enslave your fellow-men.

Robert G. Ingersoll

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