The Abolition of Man

‘The poor and the sick should be regarded as lords of the atmosphere.’ (Hindu. Janet, i. 8.)

‘Whoso makes intercession for the weak, well pleasing is this to Samaš.’ (Babylonian. ERE v. 445.)

‘Has he failed to set a prisoner free?’ (Babylonian. List of Sins. ERE v. 446.)

‘I have given bread to the hungry, water to the thirsty, clothes to the naked, a ferry boat to the boatless.’ (Ancient Egyptian. ERE v. 478.)

‘One should never strike a woman; not even with a flower.’ (Hindu. Janet, i. 8.)

‘There, Thor, you got disgrace, when you beat women.’ (Old Norse. Hárbarthsljóth 38.)

‘In the Dalebura tribe a woman, a cripple from birth, was carried about by the tribes-people in turn until her death at the age of sixty-six.’ . . . ‘They never desert the sick.’ (Australian Aborigines. ERE v. 443.)

‘You will see them take care of . . . widows, orphans, and old men, never reproaching them.’ (Redskin. ERE v. 439.)

‘Nature confesses that she has given to the human race the tenderest hearts, by giving us the power to weep. This is the best part of us.’ (Roman. Juvenal, xv. 131.)

‘They said that he had been the mildest and gentlest of the kings of the world.’ (Anglo-Saxon. Praise of the hero in Beowulf, 3180.)

‘When thou cuttest down thine harvest . . . and hast forgot a sheaf . . . thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.’ (Ancient Jewish. Deut. xxiv. 19.)