Quote by Havelock Ellis
The sanitary and mechanical age we are now entering makes up for t

The sanitary and mechanical age we are now entering makes up for the mercy it grants to our sense of smell by the ferocity with which it assails our sense of hearing. – Havelock Ellis

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However well organized the foundations of life may be, life must always be full of risks. – Havelock Ellis

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There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it. – Havelock Ellis

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