It is then that he knows the natures of things; that he estimates their uses and their ends, and that he will never stretch these beyond their proper bounds.

Beholding animals in this sublime light, he will appreciate their strength, their capacities, and their feelings; and he will never use them but for the purposes intended by providence.

It is then that the creation will delight him.

It is then that he will find a growing love to the animated objects of it.

And this knowledge of their natures, and this love of them, will oblige him to treat them with tenderness and respect.