Physically there is nothing to distinguish human society from the farm…

George Bernard Shaw
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Physically there is nothing to distinguish human society from the farm-yard except that children are more troublesome and costly than chickens and calves and that men and women are not so completely enslaved as farm stock. ✨ Getting Married (1911) preface The Personal Sentimental Basis of Monogamy
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Physically there is nothing to distinguish human society from the farm-yard except that children are more troublesome and costly than chickens and calves and that men and women are not so completely enslaved as farm stock. ✨ Getting Married (1911) preface The Personal Sentimental Basis of Monogamy

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