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'Prejudice is older than this age. A comparative study of animal psychology teaches that all animals are prejudiced against animals unlike themselves, and the more unlike they are the greater the prejudice… Among men, however, dissimilarity of minds is a more potent factor in causing prejudice than unlikeness in physiognomy.
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There’s no comparative study of animals that would make that foolish claim of prejudice in animals. That’s an example of 100% bullshit and the anthropomorphic fallacy.
There’s countless examples of mutually beneficial relationships among animals. All life on earth is related after all.
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/mutualism-examples-of-species-that-work-together.html
I found it an interesting quote. How he related to it in context to his life. I don't know what was known (to him) at that time.