It may be conceit, but I believe the subject will interest the public, and I am sure that the views are original.

Our descent, then, is the origin of our evil passions!! The devil under form of Baboon is our grandfather.

It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.

The love of a dog for his master is notorious; in the agony of death he has been known to caress his master, and everyone has heard of the dog suffering under vivisection, who licked the hand of the operator; this man, unless he had a heart of stone, must have felt remorse to the last hour of his life.

When it was first said that the sun stood still and world turned round, the common sense of mankind declared the doctrine false; but the old saying of Vox populi, vox Dei [the voice of the people is the voice of God], as every philosopher knows, cannot be trusted in science.

...for the shield may be as important for victory, as the sword or spear.

Man is developed from an ovule, about 125th of an inch in diameter, which differs in no respect from the ovules of other animals.