Havelock Ellis - There is nothing that war has ever achieved that w

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it.

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Ellis, Havelock. The Task of Social Hygiene. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912.

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About the Author

Havelock Ellis

Born: February 2, 1859
Died: July 8, 1939
Nationality: British
Profession: Physician, Eugenicist, Writer

Biography

Henry Havelock Ellis was an English physician, eugenicist, writer, progressive intellectual and social reformer who studied human sexuality. He co-wrote the first medical textbook in English on homosexuality in 1897, and also published works on a variety of sexual practices and inclinations, as well as on transgender psychology. He is credited with introducing the notions of narcissism and autoeroticism, later adopted by psychoanalysis.

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