Quote#Wisdom
It is curious how there seems to be an instinctive disgust in Man for…
Quote byHavelock Ellis · 1859–1939
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Impressions and Comments (1914).
English (original)
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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