Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it.

人类真正的道德考验，其根本考验(深藏在视线之外)，在于它对那些受其摆布的人——动物——的态度。在这方面，人类遭受了一场根本的灾难，一场如此根本的灾难，以至于所有其他国家都起源于这场灾难。