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Quote by Samuel Wilberforce
If anyone were to be willing to trace his descent through an ape a

If anyone were to be willing to trace his descent through an ape as his grandfather, would he be willing to trace his descent similarly on the side of his grandmother? – Samuel Wilberforce

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