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DID FEEL WHAT MIGHT BE CALLED MIDSHIPMITE COMPUNCTION.
Mr. Midshipman Easy Frederick Marryat 1820
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a living animal, though to the best of my ability doing everything possible to save all pain, without feeling -- what I think is the proper expression, -- COMPUNCTION.
An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals Albert Leffingwell 1880
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