Word: orang
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Professor Hooton says. "There is, to my mind, nothing human about the skull. It more closely resembles the skull of an orang-outang. As such it would be remarkable as the first of an orang-outang ever found in Africa...
...requires four policemen to keep the crowd moving as they file past his cage. Sermons are preached about him, a question is even asked about him on the floor of the House of Commons. And when that happens, as everybody knows, all England falls flat upon its face. The Orang and the Chimpanzee are frightfully jealous and glare wrathfully at him through the bars...
Ever since the psychological tests were applied to army recruits, there has been a curious delight in experimenting with new forms of examinations. It gives one a sense of satisfaction, no doubt, to say off-hand "in what country orang-outangs live" and "where we get most of our sapphires", but it is impossible to believe that this is a test of ability to succeed in the Edison factory. What we want to know are those things that will help us live the better in whatever surroundings we find ourselves. We may have a sound critical judgment and ability...