Note 25 — Chapter V
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The well known naturalist, Professor Karl Vogt in Germany, famous by his nickname “Monkey-Vogt,” is a radical philosopher, who gained this sobriquet as an advocate of the theory of evolution, claiming Monkeys to have the same progenitors as man. But even Vogt’s radicalism revolted against the doctrines set forth by Russian, French and German nihilists and anarchists; during a “convention” held in Switzerland, Karl Vogt dedicated the following lines to them:
“Wir wollen in der Sonn’ spazieren, Wir wollen uns mit Fett beschmieren Und ausgelöscht sei Mein und Dein. Wir wollen uns mit Schnapps berauschen, Wir wollen uns’re Weiber tauschen, Wir wollen freie Männer sein!”
A free translation of which reads:
We will walk in the sun, boys, with ease, We will cover our bodies with grease, For poverty there is no need. We’ll all get as drunk as a loon, We’ll swap our wives every noon, And thus be true freemen indeed.