For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that I can do. – George Linnaeus Banks
It is only by softening and disguising dead flesh by culinary preparation that it is rendered susceptible of mastication or digestion, and that the sight of its bloody juices and raw horror does not excite intolerable loathing and disgust. – Percy Bysshe Shelley, Queen Mab Notes