"The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man."
"Language is an art, like brewing or baking.... It certainly is not a true instinct, for every language has to be learnt."
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Source: Charles Darwin (1875). “The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex”, p.86
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