BOOK REVIEW - In Praise of Animals: A Treasury of Poems, Quotations and Readings

Sat, 07/05/2008 - 11:13pm — Allison
Collected by Edward Searl
Skinner House Books, 2007, $14.00

Edward Searl, a Unitarian minister, author, and editor, presents the words of some of the world’s greatest poets and writers as they reflect upon grasshoppers and elephants, dogs and eagles — creatures, as Dostoyevsky wrote, to which God has given “rudiments of thought and joy untroubled.” These moving testaments call us to look beyond fur, feather, and scale to the living spirit that unites us. There are blessings here, for the animals and for us, and quiet considerations of our connectedness.

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