1.0HappyCowhttps://www.happycow.net/blogJohn Edmundsonhttps://www.happycow.net/blog/author/johnnysensible/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="xE8Su2xCPi"><a href="https://www.happycow.net/blog/anti-vivisection-quotes/">One can resist the invasion of armies; one cannot resist the invasion of ideas – some powerful anti-vivisection quotes from a 1906 publication!</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.happycow.net/blog/anti-vivisection-quotes/embed/#?secret=xE8Su2xCPi" width="600" height="338" title="“One can resist the invasion of armies; one cannot resist the invasion of ideas – some powerful anti-vivisection quotes from a 1906 publication!” — HappyCow" data-secret="xE8Su2xCPi" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.happycow.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/VH.jpg576234Vegans have been actively campaigning against vivisectors since ~ the 1870s. Today, here in Hong Kong, we had a table covered in anti-vivisection pamphlets. The earliest that we were referring to was one by Ernest Bell from 1889. As we were working, we realized that Google could not find many of our favorite quotes – also many misquotes are available through Search. So, in this post, we are transcribing approx. 40 powerful quotes from an old BUAV booklet. We are also planning to scan & do OCR on items in our magazine / journal collection – more below. Example quotation – Victor Hugo did say – “La vivisection est un crime”. Victor Hugo poète, écrivain, homme politique “La vivisection est un crime” (discours inaugural du lancement de la ligue anti-vivisectionniste française, 1883) Victor Hugo poet, writer, politician “Vivisection is a crime” (inaugural address the launch of the anti-vivisection league French, 1883) Victor Hugo did not say: “Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come.” THE ORIGIN OF THE FAMOUS MISQUOTE: “On resiste a l’invasion des armees; on ne resiste pas a l’invasion des idees.” – from the final chapter of Hugo’s book Histoire d’un Crime (“The History of a […]