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There was an ape in the days that were earlier, Centuries passed and his hair became curlier Centuries more gave a thumb to his wrist — Then he was a Man and a Positivist.

Mortimer Collins

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Mortimer Collins
Age: 49 †
Born: 1827
Born: January 1
Died: 1876
Died: January 1
Novelist
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Plymouth (parish)
Edward James Mortimer Collins
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Apes
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Positivist
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Wrist
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Thumb
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