Life, 1911-02-09 · page 35 of 44
Life — February 9, 1911 — page 35: what you’re looking at
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This page contains a serious essay ("The Literary Zoo," continued from page 321) alongside a major automobile advertisement. **The Essay:** The author defends vivisection (animal testing) against critics like Upton Sinclair and Leonard Dalton Abbott, who were protesting the 1909 execution of Spanish anarchist Francisco Ferrer. The writer argues that animal experimentation for medical progress (like serum therapy for diphtheria) is morally justified, and criticizes activists for their emotional fervor over Ferrer's death while overlooking vivisection's humanitarian benefits. The piece references "Senator Gallinger" and compares modern scientific vivisection favorably to Spanish Inquisition torture. **The Advertisement:** A full-page Speedwell automobile ad emphasizes the car's superiority in the $2,500-$2,900 price range, positioning it competitively against higher-priced competitors ($4,000-$6,000 cars). It highlights engineering features (steering gear, drive line) and aesthetic appeal as justification for the premium price. The juxtaposition is notable: serious philosophical debate about animal welfare appears alongside consumer luxury marketing.
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WHAT-YOU INVENT] YOUR IDEAS MAY BRING YOU A FORTUNE Write for our Free Book t gives tist of needed inventions: tellshow Sittccien. Patents Obtained or Fee Returned, No chorge for report as to patentability ; send sketch or model, Patents advertised for sale tree, The Literary Zoo (Continued from page 321) the futility of mutilating a United States Senator for the sake of getting him to Heaven. I am extremely sorry that the loss of Senator Gallinger’s toe would not ameliorate his morals, and I am extremely glad that taking the heart out of a live horse has been the means of rendering diphtheria, through serum therapy, less portentous to his grandchild. Now I deplore my incapacity, as I have said, to foster faith in the Apostles’ Creed by doing to my fellow creatures what the vivisectionists prac- tice upon spaniels. I relapse into this tase, $2900. ; 3 7 nent docs not include top or wind shield. unavailing regret each time I take into my hands one of the fanatical pam- phlets which the death of Francisco Ferrer inspires my friends Upton Sin- clair and Leonard Dalton Abbott to press upon the jaded attention of a progressive if listless world. I could weep almost because these rash and hot-headed young men pay so little No car is contributing more than the Speedwell to that change Looking backward five years you find a loyal and. satisfi heed iii thicir’ frenzy atthe execution in the current of public opinion which now prompts so many Speedwell following—a mechanical reputation without 3 owners to hesitate at the highest prices which have heretofore oF blemish. of Francisco Ferrer to the real ex obsained. planation of that tragedy. It is patent One of the marked tendencies of the 1911 season is a disposi. It {4,8 car of real beauty——the handsomest car in America, i to all mankind in the literature of vivi- tion to give grave thought to the question of motor car ne opraton oF many motorists. ic Viieias ri . value—and the Speedwell is the inevitable gainer thereby. ‘ f section. The practitioners of that , ; Its makers believe that they could give no more to the buyer |, . thee Why should it not profit by closest comparison with cars of in grace. in beauty, in ease. in comfort, and in service, ij} science and the agents of the Inquis the $4000 to $6000 lass > they followed the ‘policy which has prevailed in previo . A . Py m ae . and asked fro: le tion in Spain have always professed Asa little instance of Speedwell superiority inspect the steer Woes Si atbes from $4nce $0 $6000, : ing gear. You will find that the Speedwell sa — the same motives. Anesthesia was iskSured by the staunchness and preclelen of deste Iz, Speedwell cars sell from $2500 to $2900—and at these figu i place of the usual worm and sector gear the Speedwell comparison is seriously and sincerely urged with the high} not, indeed, known to Torquemada. tS 28 est prices named. Aza ‘ » possesses a worm and complete gear. The removal of His view of sensory reflexes in sentient a single nut permits of four distinct adjustments of this < ' 7 gear, givingit four times the life of the ordinary style. ‘The Speedwell catalog, fresh from the presses and illustrated i color, will be of assistance to any prospective motor In the same way the drive line of the Speedwell has been grad: buyer. ally betterec until in the rort model a straight line driv is secured by flatter rear springs and an arched frameover It points out the various features of superiority in Speedw the rear axle, thus enabling the Speedwell to deliver greater Construction, and otherwise is rate guide to wl power to the rear wheels than any other car of approximate you should look for in order to be able intelligently to eo re and stroke. pare prices and values of motor cars, MELLOW THE SPEEDWELL MOTOR CAR COMPANY, 350 Essex Avenue, Dayton, Ohi AS Licensed under Selden Patent MOONLIGHT _ J _ beings prevails, however, at the Rocke- sue—even vital organs—read curiously feller Institute in this city of New like the proceedings in the laboratories Uy York. Granted that — anzsthesias of the Rockefeller Institute. The soul j ( wrought no ill to the cause of religion, of Spain, as I infer from a recent le Torquemada might have chloroformed work by Havelock ‘llis, is informed (p L *) heretics before they were racked just with a spirituality so African that the as the vivisectionists consent to render execution of a heretic a dog insensible if the experiment be not vitiated thereby. andparitcation veal age, That's why Propaganda by vivisection — with (Concluded on page 324) promotes re- ligion in the Iberian peninsula just as The best of. grais—hooest distillation intich, pure and wholesome. . Original bottling has old gold label. he, Rta ag — ee —— GEO.A DICKEL &CO.. Dictilirs z meat ong ee a uacivon a Oe L 5 Hest Pedumeyi = ville Tenn. 100 Spanish. The reports, even to such d=P Soaps at Moderai details as the extraction of living tis- egran aris ux —< tices, heretics as the subjects of experiment For Sale All Dealers. ~comicbooks.com