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The mathematician has reached the highest rung on the ladder of human thought.
Havelock Ellis
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Havelock Ellis
Age: 80 †
Born: 1859
Born: February 2
Died: 1939
Died: July 8
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Henry Havelock Ellis
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Still, whether we like it or not, the task of speeding up the decrease of the human population becomes increasingly urgent.
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The second great channel through which the impulse towards the control of procreation for the elevation of the race is entering into practical life is by the general adoption, by the educated—of methods for the prevention of conception except when conception is deliberately desired.
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The greatest task before civilization at present is to make machines what they ought to be, the slaves, instead of the masters of men.
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