I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the mu...rderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
That is what we must make people feel... the catch in the throat, the wrench to steady the nerves, the determination to carry on.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Weep not for little Leonie, Abducted by a French Marquis!... Though loss of honour was a wrench, Just think how it's improved her French.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If the question is put to me would I rather have a miserable ape for a grandfather or a man highly endowed by nature and possessed... of great means of influence and yet who employs those faculties and that influence for the mere purpose of introducing ridicule into a grave scientific discussion--I unhesitatingly affirm my preference for the ape.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »