All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.

Samuel Butler (Novelist)

The Way of All Flesh

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Man and animals Purpose of life Life

Author

Samuel Butler (Novelist)

Source

The Way of All Flesh

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1902 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Butler, Samuel. The Way of All Flesh. Grant Richards, 1903, ch. 19.

Current Citation

Butler, Samuel. The Way of All Flesh. Everyman's Library, 1993, ch. 19.

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And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

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