The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
Thomas Babington Macaulay
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All the Secrets of the Universe and Some Really Important Stuff Too!
All the Secrets of the Universe and Some Really Important Stuff Too!
The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
Thomas Babington Macaulay
“Puritanism (Now known as Liberalism/Progressivism): The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”― H.L. Mencken,
Apparently they made the voyage over to the New World with their misanthropy fully intact.