An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.
Theory of evolution
A humorous and somewhat cynical observation on human behavior versus animal learning.
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"My mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts."
Strange & Unusual"What a book a Devil's Chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low, and horridly cruel works of nature!"
Strange & Unusual"The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man."
Strange & Unusual"Man tends to increase at a greater rate than his means of subsistence."
Strange & Unusual"The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts."
Strange & Unusual