This Simian World
1920
This Simian World, published in 1920 by Clarence Day, is a satirical exploration of human behavior through the lens of evolution. The book features a dialogue between the narrator and his companion, Potter, as they humorously compare human traits to those of various animals, particularly simians. Day reflects on the absurdities of civilization and imagines how societies might differ if other species were dominant, offering witty insights into the nature of humanity and its evolutionary roots.
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“Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts.””
— Clarence Day
“Dogs have more love than integrity. They've been true to us, yes, but they haven't been true to themselves.””
— Clarence Day
“It is possible that our race may be an accident, in a meaningless universe, living its brief life uncared-for, on this dark, cooling star: but even so -- and all the more -- what marvelous creatures we are! What fairy story, what tale from the Arabian Nights of the jinns, is a hundredth part as wonderful as this true fairy story of simians! It is so much more heartening, too, than the tales we invent. A universe capable of giving birth to many such accidents is -- blind or not -- a good world to live in, a promising universe.””
— Clarence Day
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