SECRET OF EVOLUTION
M. F. Ashley’s Montagu’s book entitled Man’s Most Dangerous Myth: The Fallacy of Race, includes the story of a wife of a Worcester Cathedral Canon who listened to the first announcement of the theory of evolution with consternation. “Descended from the apes!” she exclaimed. “My dear, we will hope it is not true. But if it is, let us pray that it may not become generally known!” From Try and Stop Me, a Collection of Anecdotes and Stories, Mostly Humorous, by Bennett Cerf, published by Simon & Schuster, 1944, p. 167
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