Oh, how dare we ask a just God to bestow
The mercy we grant not to creatures below!
ABOUT THOREAU
Henry D. Thoreau, a famous man who lived for some time in a little cabin in the woods near Concord, Massachusetts, was noted for his kindness to all God’s harmless creatures.
It is said that even the fishes came into his hand when he dipped it into the stream.
The little mice would come and playfully eat from his fingers, and the very moles paid him friendly visits.
Sparrows alighted on his shoulders when he called them; phœbe birds built their nests in his shed; and the wild partridge with her brood, came and fed quietly beneath his window, as he sat and looked at them.