Note 24 — Chapter XIII · THE CIRCUS
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According to Major J. B. Pond, Barnum was inconsiderate of human and other animal life: “That afternoon one of the Amazons in the great Amazon march, which was a feature that year, was run over and killed by a chariot near the entrance of the ring. Mr. Barnum did not move, and I said:
“‘That is dreadful, isn’t it?’
“‘Oh,’ he replied, ‘there is another waiting for a place. It is rather a benefit than a loss.’
“I think I never knew a more heartless man or one who knew the value and possibilities of a dollar more than P. T. Barnum.” Eccentricities of Genius by Major J. B. Pond, pp. 353–354.