Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing. I have only begun to learn content and peace of mind since I have resolved at all risks to do this.
Thomas Henry Huxley
Letter to Charles Kingsley
23 September 1860
Children (Homo sapiens) and Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla).
London Zoo, 6 Sep 2008
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Love the image - the Gorilla looks exactly like an adult lying down and playing with the children, taking a brief glimpse at the guy with the camera.