“We shall all have to be judged according to our works, whether they be towards man or towards beast.”
― Black Beauty
― Black Beauty
“but he had given animals knowledge which did not depend on reason, and which was much more prompt and perfect in its way, and by which they had often saved the lives of men.”
― Black Beauty
― Black Beauty
“The first place that I can well remember, was a large pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it. Some shady trees leaned over it, and rushes and water-lilies grew at the deep end. Over the hedge on one side we looked into a plowed field, and on the other we looked over a gate at our master's house, which stood by the roadside;”
― Black Beauty
― Black Beauty
“men were both brutes and blockheads.”
― Black Beauty
― Black Beauty
“No doubt we were very foolish, but danger seemed to be all round, and there was nobody we knew to trust in, and all was strange and uncertain. The fresh air that had come in through the open door made it easier to breathe, but the rushing sound overhead grew louder, and as I looked upward, through the bars of my empty rack, I saw a red light flickering on the wall.”
― Black Beauty
― Black Beauty
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