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You don't want to be an animal, you want to observe your own animal functions, so as to get a mental thrill out of them. It is allpurely secondary--and more decadent than the most hide-bound intellectualism.

D. H. Lawrence
Animal, Thrill, Want
D. H. Lawrence (2016). “D. H. Lawrence: The Complete Novels”, p.777, Book House Publishing
You don't want to be an animal, you want to observe your own animal functions, so as to get a mental thrill out of them. It is allpurely secondary--and more decadent than the most hide-bound intellectualism.