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It is because of his brain that he [modern man] has risen above the animals. Guess which animals he has risen above.

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Will Cuppy
Age: 65 †
Born: 1884
Born: August 23
Died: 1949
Died: September 19
Critic
Humorist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Writer
Auburn
Indiana
William Jacob Cuppy
Men
Risen
Animals
Evolution
Guess
Modern
Animal
Brain
Science

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A few Cobras in your home will soon clear it of Rats and Mice. Of course, you will still have the Cobras.
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Male penguins are unfaithful up to an advanced age, a phenomenon sometimes attributed to the sea air.
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All Modern Men are descended from a Wormlike creature but it shows more on some people.
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Some people lose all respect for the lion unless he devours them instantly. There is no pleasing some people.
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The Dodo never had a chance. He seems to have been invented for the sole purpose of becoming extinct and that was all he was good for.
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The Chameleon's face reminded Aristotle of a Baboon. Aristotle wasn't much of a looker himself.
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Cæsar might have married her [Cleopatra], but he had a wife at home. There's always something.
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An Ant on a hot stove-lid runs faster than an Ant on a cold one. Who wouldn't?
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Ah, well! We live and learn, or, anyway, we live.
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The Ancient Egyptians considered it good luck to meet a swarm of Bees on the road. What they considered bad luck I couldn't say.
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Young normal tigers do not eat people. If eaten by a tiger you may rest assured he was abnormal.
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[Footnote:]Each male has from 2 to 790 females with whom he discusses current events. Of these he marries from 3 to 17.
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The wren-box problem is becoming more acute each year, for wrens now demand better housing conditions and labor-saving devices.
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They [the Pilgrims] believed in freedom of thought for themselves and for all other people who believed exactly as they did.
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Frogs will eat red-flannel worms fed to them by biologists this proves a great deal about both parties concerned.
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Never call anyone a baboon unless you are sure of your facts.
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I am billed as a humorist, but of course I am a tragedian at heart.
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Aristotle maintains that the neck of the Lion is composed of a single bone. Aristotle knew nothing at all about Lions, a circumstance which did not prevent him from writing a good deal on the subject.
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I only know that all is lost, and that nothing can help me unless I inherit money, strike oil or go to work.
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Three million alligators were killed in Florida between 1880 and 1900. Goody!
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