Hybrids

The belief in God has often been advanced as not only the greatest, but the most complete of all the distinctions between man and the lower animals.

—CHARLES DARWIN, The Descent of Man

And let me tell you, God is not so infinite as the Catholics assert. He is about six hundred meters in diameter, and even then is weak towards the edges.

—KAREL CAPEK, The Absolute at Large

Mankind was still divided into two species: The few who had “speculation” in their souls, and the many who had none, with a belt of hybrids in the middle.

—JOHN GALSWORTHY, To Let