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London and Provincial Anti-vivisection Society

Animal Rights/ General/ Humor

On Epigrams: Henry S. Salt, Sidney G. Trist, Mark Twain, & Oscar Wilde

“Brussels sprouts seem to make people bloodthirsty, and those who live on lentils and artichokes are always calling for the gore of the aristocracy and for the severed heads of kings. Your vegetarianism has given you a wise apathy — so at least you told me once — but in the political sphere a diet of green beans seems dangerous.” – Oscar Wilde …… Epigram noun 1. any witty, ingenious,…

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Animal Companions/ Animal Rights/ Animals

“Bob”, a London wolfhound mongrel, escapes from a famous vivisector’s clutches!

Re-introducing “Bob”. 88 years after he achieved fame in human circles. This postcard is a much admired & much loved item in our Ernest Bell Library archives. In November of 1926 Ernest Basil Verney FRS (22 August 1894 – 19 August 1967) was about to experiment on “Bob” at University College London – …..somehow they forget to mention anything about this in their history page! “Bob’s” story ……was told in the London U.K.  House of…

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