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The traits of a good or bad citizen are far harder to judge than those of livestock
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What Thomas Henry Huxley actually said
- Thomas Henry Huxley English biologist and advocate of Darwin's theory (1825 to 1895)
The "points" of a good or of a bad citizen are really far harder to discern than those of a puppy or a short-horn calf; many do not show themselves before the practical difficulties of life stimulate manhood to full exertion.
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↗Evolution and Ethics: Prolegomena and Romanes Lecture (1893-1894)gutenberg.org
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