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The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

Thomas B. Macaulay
Pain, History, Religion
"History of England". Volume I, Chapter II, 1849-1861.
The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.