It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended…

H. L. Mencken
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It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.
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Whenever A annoys or injures B on the pretense of saving or improving X, A is a scoundrel. ✨ Newspaper Days: 1899 - 1906 ch. 2 (1941)
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