I asserted — and I repeat — that a man has no reason to be ashamed of having an ape for his grandfather. If there were an ancestor whom I should feel shame in recalling, it would rather be a man — a man of restless and versatile intellect — who,... Thomas Henry Huxley - Page 22by Edward Clodd - 1902 - 252 pagesFull view - About this book
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