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It is the mark of the cultured man that he is aware of the fact that equality is an ethical and not a biological principle

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Ashley Montagu
Age: 94 †
Born: 1905
Born: June 28
Died: 1999
Died: November 16
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Montague Francis Ashley-Montagu
Montague Francis Ashley Montagu
Israel Ehrenberg
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