From cruel men they are transformed into savage beasts, with no other vestiges of reason left but what serves to furnish the inventions and refinements of ferocious subtlety, for purposes of which beasts are incapable and at which fiends would blush.
This quote highlights the transformation of cruel individuals into savage beings, losing their humanity in the process.
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