Havelock Ellis
Havelock Ellis (1859 - 1939), full name Henry Havelock Ellis, was an English physician, eugenicist, writer, progressive intellectual and social reformer. He studied human sexuality, became co-author of the first medical textbook in English on homosexuality in 1897, and published works on a variety of sexual practices and inclinations. He is also known for his work on transgender psychology.Wisdom & Quotes
- Civilized men arrive in the Pacific, armed with alcohol, syphilis, trousers, and the Bible.
- Dance is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, becaue it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself.
- It is here (in mathematics) that the artist has the fullest scope of his imagination.
- The mathematician has reached the highest rung on the ladder of human thought.
- To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men.
- Sex lies at the root of life, and we can never learn to reverence life until we know how to understand sex.
- There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle