The opening text, without voiceover, is "From beasts we scorn as soulless, in forest, field and den, the cry goes up to witness, the soullessness of men. - M. Frida Hartley". The earliest match appeared in "The Spectator" magazine of London in 1928 within the literary supplement section. M. Frida Hartley published a poem titled "Hymn of Pity for Broken Birds and Beasts" which was composed of five verses of eight lines each. The second verse contained the quoted lines. The first four lines of the said verse are "For creatures of Thy making, Old laws assigned for use, New freedom stands proclaiming, Their rights and our abuse"