The animal world is on about the same level as a gladiator's show. The creatures are fairly well treated, and set to fight — whereby the strongest, the swiftest, and the cunningest live to fight another day. The spectator has no need to turn his thumbs down, as no quarter is given.


Collected Essays (Volume 9), The Struggle for Existence in Human Society (pp. 199-200)

Thomas Henry Huxley Quotes

The animal world is on about the same level as a gladiator's show. The creatures are fairly well treated, and set to fight — whereby the strongest, ...

The animal world is on about the same level as a gladiator's show. The creatures are fairly well treated, and set to fight — whereby the strongest, ...

The animal world is on about the same level as a gladiator's show. The creatures are fairly well treated, and set to fight — whereby the strongest, ...

The animal world is on about the same level as a gladiator's show. The creatures are fairly well treated, and set to fight — whereby the strongest, ...