"President [Joseph F.] Smith proposed that the Percheron horse was both kinder and more intelligent than other animals as a result of the kind treatment of its trainers. Asking why kindness contributed to intelligence, President Smith answered his own question by saying it was because 'kindness is an attribute of intelligence.'"
Church Leaders
Presidents of the Church | Animals and the Church (2003) [Page 61, footnote: Joseph F. Smith, "The Love of Animals," Juvenile Instructor, XLVIII (February, 1913), 84.]
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Kindness to Animals
