Project Gutenberg 2004-07-10 Public domain in the USA. 83 Firth, Abraham 1818 1886 Firth, A. (Abraham) Voices for the Speechless Selections for Schools and Private Reading E-text prepared by Elaine Walker and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders "Voices for the Speechless" by Abraham Firth is a collection of literary selections designed for educational and private readings, published in the late 19th century. This compilation emphasizes the moral imperative of kindness towards animals, utilizing various poems and prose to advocate for their welfare and rights. Firth aims to awaken a sense of empathy and responsibility in readers, especially children, encouraging them to recognize the plight of "the dumb creatures" that cannot voice their suffering. At the start of this work, the importance of compassion for animals is introduced through an inviting preface, wherein Firth explains the book's purpose to satisfy the educational requests of teachers seeking appropriate literature that instills a sense of humane duty. The opening also features quotes from notable figures advocating the cause of the helpless, setting the stage for the collection of writings that follow. In this framework, the reader is introduced to the idea that recognizing the sentience of animals forms a crucial part of our moral responsibility, with subsequent selections reflecting diverse themes such as mercy, justice, and the interconnectedness of all living beings. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Animal welfare PN Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Nature/Gardening/Animals 649059 563857 2024-09-06T04:53:29.771407 2023-10-06T06:57:25.358459 text/html text/html 538571 2020-12-15T06:45:15 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 157278 2020-12-15T06:45:15 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 230709 2024-09-06T04:53:57.959290 application/epub+zip 237956 2024-09-06T04:53:38.373343 application/epub+zip 237957 2024-09-06T04:53:33.945399 application/epub+zip 557339 2024-09-06T04:54:06.146267 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 444395 2024-09-06T04:53:51.245280 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 476554 2022-09-06T22:57:52.296971 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 345182 345120 2024-09-06T04:53:24.696457 2023-10-06T06:57:20.903405 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 344873 2020-12-15T06:45:15 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 133413 2020-12-15T06:45:15 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 344888 2020-12-15T06:45:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 133351 2020-12-15T06:45:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19716 2024-09-06T04:54:06.318208 application/rdf+xml 13190 2024-09-06T04:53:34.464364 image/jpeg 3681 2024-09-06T04:53:34.204369 image/jpeg 211711 2024-09-06T04:53:29.809407 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog