Michel de Montaigne: For my own part, I cannot without grief see so much as an innocent beast pursued and killed that has no defence, and fro

For my own part, I cannot without grief see so much as an innocent beast pursued — Michel de Montaigne

For my own part, I cannot without grief see so much as an innocent beast pursued and killed that has no defence, and from which we have received no offence at all.

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