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The mother is really a more immediate parent than the father because one is born from the mother, and the first experience of any infant is the mother.

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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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