AN HOMAGE TO DEVOTION

I will explain this quote and where it came from in my next blog. Needless to say, I love it and will try to find the book it came from.

NOW I MUST REALLY CLOSE MY STORY,
GOOD-BYE TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS WHO
MAY HAVE READ IT; AND IF IT NOT WRONG
FOR A DOG TO SAY IT, I SHOULD LIKE TO
ADD, "GOD BLESS YOU ALL." IF IN MY
FEEBLE WAY I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO IMPRESS
YOU WITH THE FACT THAT DOGS AND MANY
OTHER ANIMALS LOVE THEIR MASTERS AND
MISTRESSES, AND ONLY LIVE TO PLEASE
THEM, MY LITTLE STORY WILL NOT BE
WRITTEN IN VAIN. MY LAST WORDS ARE,
"BOYS AND GIRLS, BE KIND TO DUMB
ANIMALS NOT ONLY BECAUSE YOU WILL
LOSE NOTHING BY IT, BUT BECAUSE YOU
OUGHT TO; FOR THEY WERE PLACED ON
THE EARTH BY THE SAME KIND HAND
THAT MADE US ALL LIVING CREATURES."

From "Beautiful Joe", 1893
By Marshall Saunders