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Darwinian man, though well-behaved, at best is only a monkey shave

Darwinian man, though well-behaved, at best is only a monkey shaved. – W. S. Gilbert

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Organic life, we are told, has developed gradually from the protozoon to the philosopher, and this development, we are assured, is indubitably an advance. Unfortunately it is the philosopher, not the protozoon, who gives us this assurance. – Bertrand Russell

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