"The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man."
"So in regard to mental qualities, their transmission is manifest in our dogs, horses and other domestic animals. Besides special tastes and habits, general intelligence, courage, bad and good tempers. etc., are certainly transmitted."
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Source: Charles Darwin (2015). “The Descent of Man: Human Sexuality”, p.26, 谷月社
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