Not Even A Respectable Monkey ?
"VACCINATION, and anti-toxin gave, man neither the cow's virtues nor the horse's qualities, " is the opinion credited (or debited) to G. B. Shaw on the Voro'noff controversy. "Man remains the, most cruel. .and. most fiendishly sensual of the animals, and will remain so, despite efforts to make him a respectable ape. ■' A liowihg; for the Shavian passion to; pour on the vitriol jiist. for the pleasure of the .pouring, who shall say. that humans do not m s th.e mass take an impertinently exclusive vieAv -of their own place m the scheme of things. .•■/,... Whether the Apes Union will strike or issue a writ or "•sonic--tjiin.g of the kind m protest remains to. be seen: ... •'"
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NZ Truth, Issue 1198, 15 November 1928, Page 6
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120Not Even A Respectable Monkey ? NZ Truth, Issue 1198, 15 November 1928, Page 6
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