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Quote by Benjamin Disraeli
The question is this -- Is man an ape or an angel? My Lord, I am o

The question is this — Is man an ape or an angel? My Lord, I am on the side of the angels. I repudiate with indignation and abhorrence these new fanged theories. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. – Benjamin Disraeli

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It is disturbing to discover in oneself these curious revelations of the validity of the Darwinian theory. If it is true that we have sprung from the ape, there are occasions when my own spring appears not to have been very far. – Cornelia Otis Skinner

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

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