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Men are like May-flies. The most of them see things only during the…
Quote byJ. Howard Moore · 1862–1916
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Discovering Darwin", Proceedings of the International Anti-Vivisection and Animal Protection Congress, held at Washington, D.C. December 8th to 11th, 1913, p. 152.
English (original)
Men are like May-flies. The most of them see things only during the brief breath of a day. The ages of history and biology are unknown and unconsidered. No wonder the universe is misunderstood. The human mind is without longitude. Even a cannonball, photographed with an exposure of one-five-thousandth of a second, seems suspended in mid-air.
— J. Howard Moore
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