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Quote by Havelock Ellis
The place where optimism flourishes most is in the lunatic asylum.

The place where optimism flourishes most is in the lunatic asylum. – Havelock Ellis

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It is curious how there seems to be an instinctive disgust in Man for his nearest ancestors and relations. If only Darwin could conscientiously have traced man back to the Elephant or the Lion or the Antelope, how much ridicule and prejudice would have been spared to the doctrine of Evolution. – Havelock Ellis

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