The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and beget.

William Osler

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Topic

Sex Greed Nature of men

Author

William Osler

Source

Science and Immortality

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1904 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Physicist Scientist

From

Canada

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Citation

Osler, William. Science and Immortality. Houghton, Mifflin & Company, 1904, ch. 2.

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