There is no more reason to believe that man descended from some inferior animal than there is to believe that a stately mansion has descended from a small cottage. (William Jennings Bryan)

There is no more reason to believe that man descended from some inferior animal than there is to believe that a stately mansion has descended from a small cottage.

William Jennings Bryan

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