“Tenderly Kala nursed her little waif, wondering silently why it did not gain strength and agility as did the little apes of other mothers. It was nearly a year from the time the little fellow came into her possession before he would walk alone, and as for climbing — my, but how stupid he was!”

Source: Tarzan of the Apes (1912), Ch. 5 : The White Ape

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American writer 1875–1950

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