C.s. LewisOf course the cat will growl and spit at the operator and bite him if she can. But the real question is whether he is a vet or a vivisector.
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When we think of a “vivisector,” we might picture a mad scientist who is out to dissect and torture living things. But what does the word even mean? What makes a person a “vivisector”? Is it the tools they use to do their work? Or is it the purpose for which they use those tools? This quote is saying that if we use our tools to do something that is not right, then we must be considered as such. It also means that if we use our tools for the right cause, then we can be seen as good people.
Source: A Grief Observed
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