PREFACE 



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THE Universal Kinship means the kinship of all 

 the inhabitants of the planet Earth. Whether 

 they came into existence among the waters or 

 among desert sands, in a hole in the earth, in the 

 hollow of a tree, or in a palace ; whether they 

 build nests or empires ; whether they swim, fly, 

 crawl, or ambulate; and whether they realise it 

 or not, they are all related, physically, mentally, 

 morally this is the thesis of this book. But 

 since man is the most gifted and influential oi 

 animals, and since his relationship with other 

 animals is more important and more reluctantly 

 recognised than any other, the chief purpose of 

 these pages is to prove and interpret the kinship 

 of the human species with the other species of 

 animals. 



The thesis of this book comes pretty squarely 

 in conflict with widely-practised and highly-prized 

 sins. It will therefore be generally criticised 

 where it is not passed by in silence. Men as a 

 rule do not care to improve. Although they have 



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