And certainly human beings cannot be fulfilled, nor can they know themselves, until they have become themselves.
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The nature of human beings precedes the fleeting parades of mottoes and slogans.
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It lies latent and obdurate, in ambush, if you like, in the genetic codes.
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"Permit me to kiss you," she said.
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"You may do so," I told her.
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Is there a human animal beneath the conditioned ideologies? It seems not improbable.
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We may torture and mutilate the human animal; we may deny that it exists; but it lies within us, in the chemistry of every living cell in our bodies.
And certainly human beings cannot be fulfilled, nor can they know themselves, until they have become themselves.
The nature of human beings precedes the fleeting parades of mottoes and slogans.
It lies latent and obdurate, in ambush, if you like, in the genetic codes.
"Permit me to kiss you," she said.
"You may do so," I told her.
Is there a human animal beneath the conditioned ideologies? It seems not improbable.
We may torture and mutilate the human animal; we may deny that it exists; but it lies within us, in the chemistry of every living cell in our bodies.
- (Rogue of Gor, Chapter )