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It is hard for the ape to believe he descended from man. - H. L. M

It is hard for the ape to believe he descended from man. – H. L. Mencken

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I believe that our Heavenly Father invented man because he was disappointed in the monkey. – Mark Twain

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We live between two worlds; we soar in the atmosphere; we creep upon the soil; we have the aspirations of creators and the propensities of quadrupeds. There can be but one explanation of this fact. We are passing from the animal into a higher form, and the drama of this planet is in its second act. – W. Winwood Reade

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Evolution has developed man to such a high degree that he builds zoos to keep his ancestors in cages. – Source Unknown

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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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