![All [zoos] actually offer to the public in return for the taxes spent upon them is a form of idle and witless amusement, compared to which a visit to a penitentiary, or even to a State legislature in session, is informing, stimulating and ennobling.](/assets/img/quote-photos/all-zoos-actually-offer-to-the-public-in-return-for-the-taxes-spent-upon-them-i.jpg)
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