[Noise and laughter are heard all round.
A Citizen.
[Shouting.] Do you want to make dogs of us now?
Another Man.
We’re not animals, Doctor!
Dr. Stockmann.
Yes, on my soul, but we are animals, my good sir! We’re one and all of us animals, whether we like it or not. But truly there are few enough aristocratic animals among us. Oh, there’s a terrible difference between poodle-men and mongrel-men! And the ridiculous part of it is, that Mr. Hovstad quite agrees with me so long as it’s four-legged animals we’re talking of——
Hovstad.
Oh, beasts are only beasts.
Dr. Stockmann.