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Organic life, we are told, has developed gradually from the protozoon to the philosopher, and this development, we are assured, is indubitably an advance. unfortunately it is the philosopher, not the protozoon, who gives us this assurance.
-Bertrand Russell
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Organic Life, We Are Told, Has Developed

Bertrand Russell
Organic life, we are told, has developed gradually from the protozoon to the philosopher, and this development, we are assured, is indubitably an advance. unfortunately it is the philosopher, not the protozoon, who gives us this assurance.
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