"The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness, than the destruction of millions of our fellow-beings."
— William Hazlitt

January 1, 1970

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"American Literature — Dr. Channing," Edinburgh Review, (October 1829), reprinted in The Collected Works of William Hazlitt (1902-1904)