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—Swami Sivananda—
Half a dozen monkeys sat on a mango tree,
One of them said, "Darwin says that man descended from us.
This is not at all true.
The very idea is a disgrace for us.
No monkey smokes, gambles, drinks and dances in a club.
No monkey marries a fourth wife at eighty.
No monkey takes another monkey's life—
With a gun or knife or atom bomb.
Be quite sure that man did not descend from us.
Darwin is incorrect in his statement."
(Abridged)
The Unfailing Remedy
Patient—Sir, pray tell me a cure for grey hair.
Sivananda—Daily shaving.
Paitent—Sir, please send me a remedy for panophthalmites (an eye disease).
Sivananda—Send the defective eye to me. I will return the same after treatment.
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