This simian world . IS SIMIAN WORLD THIS SIMIANWORLD CLARENCE DAY With Illustrations by the Author New York & London ALFRED-A-KNOPF 1936 COPYRIGHT 1920, BY CLARENCE DAY All rights reserved. No part of this book may be repro-duced in any form without permission in writing fromthe publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote briefpassages in a review to be printed m a magazine ornewspaper. Published May 23, /920 Reprinted Nine Times Eleventh Printing, March, /p^6 Manufactured in the United States of America How I hate the man who talks about thebrute creation, with an ugly emphasis onbrute. ...
This simian world . IS SIMIAN WORLD THIS SIMIANWORLD CLARENCE DAY With Illustrations by the Author New York & London ALFRED-A-KNOPF 1936 COPYRIGHT 1920, BY CLARENCE DAY All rights reserved. No part of this book may be repro-duced in any form without permission in writing fromthe publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote briefpassages in a review to be printed m a magazine ornewspaper. Published May 23, /920 Reprinted Nine Times Eleventh Printing, March, /p^6 Manufactured in the United States of America How I hate the man who talks about thebrute creation, with an ugly emphasis onbrute. ... As for me, I am proud of my closekinship with other animals. I take a jealouspride in my Simian ancestry. I like to thinkthat I was once a magnificent hairy fellow liv-ing in the trees, and that my frame has comedown through geological time via sea jelly andworms and Amphioxus, Fish, Dinosaurs, andApes. Who would exchange these for the pal-lid couple in the Garden of Eden? W. N. P. Barbellion. THIS SIMIAN WORLD. Last Sunday, Potter took me out driving alongupper Broadway, where those long rows of tallnew apartment houses were built a few yearsago. It was a mild afternoon and great crowdsof people were out. Sunday afternoon were not going anywhere,—they were juststrolling up and down, staring at each other, andtalking. There were thousands and thousandsof them. Awful, arent they! said Potter. I didnt know what he meant. When he added,Why, these crowds, I turned and asked, Why,what about them? I wasnt sure whether he hadan idea or a headache. Other creatures dont do it, he replied, witha discouraged expression. Are any other beings -3- This Simian World ever found in such masses, but vermin? Aimless,staring, vacant-minded,—look at them! I can getno sense whatever of individual worth, or ofvalue in men as a race, when I see them like makes one almost despair of civilization. I thought this over for awhile, to get in touchwith his attitude. I myself feel di
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