Thus He whose tender mercies are over all His works hath placed a principle in the human mind, which incites to exercise goodness towards every living creature; and this being singly attended to, people become tender-hearted and sympathizing; but when frequently and totally rejected, the mind becomes shut up in a contrary disposition.

A journal of the life, gospel labors and Christian experiences, of that faithful minister of Jesus Christ, John Woolman (ed. 1860)