The Puritan Hated Bear-baiting, Not Because It Gave Pain To The Bear, But Because It Gave Pleasure To The Spectators.

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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 Babington Macaulay (1800-1859), "History of England"

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