I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the lower animals …

Mark Twain
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I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the lower animals (so called) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me. ✨ Mark Twain (1973). What Is Man? and Other Philosophical Writings, p.81, Univ of California Press
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I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the lower animals (so called) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me. ✨ Mark Twain (1973). What Is Man? and Other Philosophical Writings, p.81, Univ of California Press

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