Word: human
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sanctity has pervaded. Not only in the hearts of the illustrious and great, but also in the bosoms of the lowly has Harvard's flame been kindled. This little story, passed on to us by one who also serves, warmed the cockles of our hearts by its milk-of-human-kindness...
...Harold J. Coolidge, Jr. '27, Assistant Curater of Mammals of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, the project marks the first time that a group of qualified primate specialists has ever visited Asia for intensive cooperative research on gibbons, orangutans, and other important sub-human primates...
...name for himself in the film 'Chang'. Gibbons stand about three feet high and weigh about twelve pounds. The gibbon is covered with a furry coat that may vary in color from black, with white markings, to light tan or silver. . . . They have a flattened face with a human looking nose. The scientific name for the gibbon is 'Bylobates', which means treewalker. It is particularly appropriate as they swing through the trees by means of their long arms at a remarkable speed. They are the most beautiful natural acrobats and think nothing of swinging across a forty feet clearing...
...conversation.'' Somewhat mysteriously Dr. Canby likens the result to Tom Brown's School Days, although he describes The Mint in terms that scarcely suggest Thomas Hughes's high-minded classic: "It is an old story:-the sadism of dogs in office, the surprising resiliency of human nature in these men who were being broken ... to obedience, blind, stupid obedience to fit them for service in a new realm where intelligence and self-dependence were indispensable." What Dr. Canby did not say is that The Mint, in its general mood and in its unsqueamish record of obscenity...
...with gold, but he had been so tormented by his Indian captors that he went crazy whenever he approached the area of his wealth and suffering. The Indians had started following him from curiosity, unable to believe that the enormous tracks he left could have been made by a human being...