They [gorillas] are brave and loyal. They help each other. They rival elephants as parents and whales for gentleness. They play and have humor and they harm nothing. They are what we should be. I don't know if we'll ever get there.
Pat Derby, Peter S. Beagle (1976). “The lady and her tiger”, Dutton Books
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