The thief and the murderer follow nature just as much as the philanthr…

Thomas Huxley
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The thief and the murderer follow nature just as much as the philanthropist. ✨ Thomas Henry Huxley (2004). Evolution And Ethics, p.87, 1st World Publishing
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