Indecency, vulgarity, obscenity these are strictly confined to man he invented them. Among the higher animals there is no trace of them. They hide nothing. They are not ashamed. (Mark Twain)

Indecency, vulgarity, obscenity these are strictly confined to man he invented them. Among the higher animals there is no trace of them. They hide nothing. They are not ashamed.

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