Voices for the Speechless

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Editor

Firth, Abraham, 1818-1886

Title

Voices for the Speechless Selections for Schools and Private Reading

Credits

E-text prepared by Elaine Walker and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

Animal welfare

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Text

eBook-No.

12879

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12879

Release Date

July 10, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.VOICES FOR THE SPEECHLESS
2. 2.SELECTIONS — FOR — SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE READING — BY — ABRAHAM FIRTH — 1883
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS BY TITLES.
5. 5.INTRODUCTION. — THE BIBLE.
6. 6.VOICES FOR THE SPEECHLESS. — A PRAYER. — HE PRAYETH BEST. — OUR MORALITY ON TRIAL. — SYMPATHY. — MERCY. — RESULTS AND DUTIES OF MAN'S SUPREMACY. — JUSTICE TO THE BRUTE CREATION. — CAN THEY SUFFER? — GROWTH OF HUMANE IDEAS. — MORAL LESSONS. — DUTY TO ANIMALS NOT LONG RECOGNIZED. — NATURAL RIGHTS. — "DUMB." — UPWARD. — CARE FOR THE LOWEST. — TRUST. — SAY NOT. — SEE, THROUGH THIS AIR. — THE RIGHT MUST WIN. — ANIMATED NATURE. — ANIMAL HAPPINESS. — NO GRAIN OF SAND. — HUMANITY, MERCY, AND BENEVOLENCE. — LIVING CREATURES. — NOTHING ALONE. — MAN'S RULE. — DUMB SOULS. — VIRTUE. — LITTLE BY LITTLE. — LOYALTY. — ANIMALS AND HUMAN SPEECH. — PITY. — LEARN FROM THE CREATURES. — PAIN TO ANIMALS. — WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. — VILLAGE SOUNDS. — BUDDHISM. — FROM THE ASOKA INSCRIPTIONS. — OLD HINDOO. — TRUTH. — OUR PETS. — EGYPTIAN RITUAL. — BROTHERHOOD. — A BIRTHDAY ADDRESS. — TO ANTHONY ASHLEY COOPER, SEVENTH EARL OF SHAFTESBURY, K. G., APRIL 13, 1880. — SUFFERING. — TO LYDIA MARIA CHILD. — VIVISECTION. — NOBILITY. — ACTS OF MERCY. — THE GOOD SAMARITAN. — LOVE. — CHILDREN AT SCHOOL. — MEMBERSHIP OF THE CHURCH. — FEELING FOR ANIMALS. — HEROIC. — EFFECT OF CRUELTY. — ASPIRATION. — THE POOR BEETLE. — THE CONSUMMATION. — PERSEVERE. — A VISION. — SPEAK GENTLY. — QUESTIONS. — HEROES. — FOR THE SAKE OF THE INNOCENT ANIMALS. — RING OUT. — FAME AND DUTY. — NO CEREMONY. — TRUE LEADERS. — BE KIND TO DUMB CREATURES. — A SONG. — ACTION. — "IN HIM WE LIVE." — FIRM AND FAITHFUL. — HEART SERVICE. — EXULTING SINGS. — IN HOLY BOOKS. — THE BELL OF ATRI. — AMONG THE NOBLEST. — THE FALLEN HORSE. — THE HORSE. — THE BIRTH OF THE HORSE. — FROM THE ARABIC. — TO HIS HORSE. — SYMPATHY FOR HORSE AND HOUND. — THE BLOOD HORSE. — THE CID AND BAVIECA. — THE KING OF DENMARK'S RIDE. — DO YOU KNOW? — THE BEDOUIN'S REBUKE. — FROM "THE LORD OF BUTRAGO." — "BAY BILLY."—(Extracts.) — THE RIDE OF COLLINS GRAVES.—(Extracts.) — AN INCIDENT OF THE FLOOD IN MASSACHUSETTS, MAY 16, 1874. — PAUL REVERE'S RIDE. — SHERIDAN'S RIDE.—(Extracts.) — GOOD NEWS TO AIX.—(Extract.) — DYING IN HARNESS. — PLUTARCH'S HUMANITY. — THE HORSES OF ACHILLES. — THE WAR HORSE. — PEGASUS IN POUND. — THE HORSE. — FROM "THE FORAY." — ON LANDSEER'S PICTURE, "WAITING FOR MASTER."
7. 7.THE BIRDS. — THE WATERFOWL. — SEA FOWL. — THE SANDPIPER. — THE BIRDS OF KILLINGWORTH. — THE MAGPIE. — THE MOCKING-BIRD. — EARLY SONGS AND SOUNDS. — THE SPARROW'S NOTE. — THE GLOW-WORM. — ST. FRANCIS TO THE BIRDS. — WORDSWORTH'S SKYLARK. — SHELLEY'S SKYLARK.—(Extracts.) — HOGG'S SKYLARK. — THE SWEET-VOICED QUIRE. — A CAGED LARK. — THE WOODLARK. — KEATS'S NIGHTINGALE. — LARK AND NIGHTINGALE. — FLIGHT OF THE BIRDS. — A CHILD'S WISH. — THE HUMMING-BIRD. — THE HUMMING-BIRD'S WEDDING — THE HEN AND THE HONEY-BEE. — SONG OF THE ROBIN. — SIR ROBIN. — THE DEAR OLD ROBINS. — ROBINS QUIT THE NEST. — LOST—THREE LITTLE ROBINS. — THE TERRIBLE SCARECROW AND ROBINS. — THE SONG SPARROW. — THE FIELD SPARROW. — THE SPARROW. — PICCOLA AND SPARROW. — LITTLE SPARROW. — THE SWALLOW. — THE EMPEROR'S BIRD'S-NEST. — TO A SWALLOW BUILDING UNDER OUR EAVES. — THE SWALLOW, THE OWL, AND THE COCK'S SHRILL CLARION IN THE "ELEGY." — THE STATUE OVER THE CATHEDRAL DOOR. — THE BIRD LET LOOSE. — THE BROWN THRUSH. — THE GOLDEN-CROWNED THRUSH. — THE THRUSH. — THE AZIOLA. — THE MARTEN. — JUDGE YOU AS YOU ARE? — ROBERT OF LINCOLN. — MY DOVES. — THE DOVES OF VENICE. — SONG OF THE DOVE. — WHAT THE QUAIL SAYS. — CHICK-A-DEE-DEE. — THE LINNET. — HEAR THE WOODLAND LINNET. — THE PARROT. — A TRUE STORY. — THE COMMON QUESTION. — WHY NOT DO IT, SIR, TO-DAY? — TO A REDBREAST. — PHOEBE. — TO THE STORK. — THE STORKS OF DELFT. — THE PHEASANT. — THE HERONS OF ELMWOOD. — WALTER VON DER VOGELWEID. — THE LEGEND OF THE CROSS-BILL. — PRETTY BIRDS. — THE LITTLE BIRD SITS. — THE LIVING SWAN. — THE STORMY PETREL. — TO THE CUCKOO. — BIRDS AT DAWN. — EVENING SONGS. — LITTLE BROWN BIRD. — LIFE'S SIGN. — A BIRD'S MINISTRY. — OF BIRDS. — BIRDS IN SPRING. — THE CANARY IN HIS CAGE. — WHO STOLE THE BIRD'S-NEST. — WHO STOLE THE EGGS? — WHAT THE BIRDS SAY. — THE WREN'S NEST. — ON ANOTHER'S SORROW. — THE SHEPHERD'S HOME. — THE WOOD-PIGEON'S HOME. — THE SHAG. — THE LOST BIRD. — THE BIRDS MUST KNOW. — THE BIRD KING. — SHADOWS OF BIRDS. — THE BIRD AND THE SHIP. — A MYTH.
8. 8.THE DOG. — CUVIER ON THE DOG. — A HINDOO LEGEND. — ULYSSES AND ARGUS. — TOM. — WILLIAM OF ORANGE SAVED BY HIS DOG. — THE BLOODHOUND. — HELVELLYN. — LLEWELLYN AND HIS DOG. — LOOKING FOR PEARLS. — AN ORIENTAL LEGEND. — ROVER. — TO MY DOG "BLANCO." — THE BEGGAR AND HIS DOG. — DON. — GEIST'S GRAVE. — ON THE DEATH OF A FAVORITE OLD SPANIEL. — EPITAPH IN GREY FRIARS' CHURCHYARD. — FROM AN INSCRIPTION ON THE MONUMENT OF A NEWFOUNDLAND DOG. — THE DOG. — JOHNNY'S PRIVATE ARGUMENT. — THE HARPER. — "FLIGHT." — THE IRISH WOLF-HOUND. — SIX FEET. — THERE'S ROOM ENOUGH FOR ALL. — HIS FAITHFUL DOG. — THE FAITHFUL HOUND.
9. 9.MISCELLANEOUS. — THE SPIDER'S LESSON. — THE SPIDER AND STORK. — THE HOMESTEAD AT EVENING.—EVANGELINE'S BEAUTIFUL HEIFER. — THE CATTLE OF A HUNDRED FARMS. — CAT-QUESTIONS. — THE NEWSBOY'S CAT. — THE CHILD AND HER PUSSY. — THE ALPINE SHEEP. — LITTLE LAMB. — COWPER'S HARE. — TURN THY HASTY FOOT ASIDE. — THE WORM TURNS. — GRASSHOPPER AND CRICKET. — THE HONEY-BEES. — CUNNING BEE. — AN INSECT. — THE CHIPMUNK. — MOUNTAIN AND SQUIRREL. — TO A FIELD-MOUSE. — A SEA-SHELL. — THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS. — HIAWATHA'S BROTHERS. — UNOFFENDING CREATURES. — SEPTEMBER. — THE LARK. — THE SWALLOW. — RETURNING BIRDS. — THE BIRDS. — THRUSH. — LINNET. — NIGHTINGALE. — SONGSTERS. — MOHAMMEDANISM. — THE CATTLE. 3 — THE SPIDER AND THE DOVE. — THE YOUNG DOVES. — FORGIVEN. — PRAYERS. — DUMB MOUTHS. — THE PARSEES. — FROM THE ZEND AVESTA. — HINDOO. — THE TIGER. — VALUE OF ANIMALS. — SOCIETIES FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
10. 10.INDEX OF SUBJECTS AND TITLES.
11. 11.INDEX OF AUTHORS.

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