"There is a profound, inescapable need for animals that is in all people everywhere, an urge for which no substitute exists."
"... animals are used in the growth and development of the human person."
"...animals have critical role in shaping personal identity and social consciousness."
" basic to the development of speech and thought"
" indispensible to our becoming human in the fullest sense"
"By identifying with a number of animals in turn, the child discovers a common ground with other beings..." .. "By pretending that animals speak to one another, he imposes on them a pseudo-humanity which ... is the glue of real kinship."
From the article by Paul Shepard "The Ark of the Mind" p54 of Parabola VIII #2, 1983.
I thought these quotes were interesting.
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