A righteous man regards the life of his animal: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Beasts. Those who treat them with cruelty, would do the like with men. God gives regulations to let brute beasts have rest, Leviticus xxii. 28. (Calmet) (St. Chrysostom in Romans xxix.)