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His animal ancestry has provided man with the killing instinct. His human cleverness has provided him with the most effective weapons to express that instinct. His spiritual aspiration has not evolved to the level where it should be--above the other two and restraining them.

-- Notebooks Category 11: The Negatives > Chapter 4 : In Thoughts, Feelings, Violent Passions > # 48