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DARWIN by EDWARD JAMES MORTIMER COLLINS

First Line: THERE WAS AN APE IN THE DAYS THAT WERE EARLIER
Last Line: THEN HE WAS A MAN AND A POSITIVIST.
Subject(s): DARWIN, CHARLES (1809-1882); EVOLUTION;

THERE was an ape in the days that were earlier;
Centuries passed, and his hair grew curlier;
Centuries more gave a thumb to his wrist,
Then he was a Man and a Positivist.



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