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MAN, (man), n.; pl. Men (men) (AS. mann, man, monn, mon) Pre MAN, (man), n.; pl. Men (men) (AS. mann, man, monn, mon) Pejorative term designing the being of both sexes whose main characteristics are a) standing upright on his hind legs, b) an adjustable thumb c) a relatively large brain capacity. For inst., in the expressions: I am a man, you are a man, he (she) is a man, we are men, you are men, they are men, "man" is always used pejoratively. Warning: men are not monsters, however, and an easy test allows to distinguish between them. Simply remember: MONSTERS ARE INOFFENSIVE.
MAN, (man), n.; pl. Men (men) (AS. mann, man, monn, mon) Pre MAN, (man), n.; pl. Men (men) (AS. mann, man, monn, mon) Pejorative term designing the being of both sexes whose main characteristics are a) standing upright on his hind legs, b) an adjustable thumb c) a relatively large brain capacity. For inst., in the expressions: I am a man, you are a man, he (she) is a man, we are men, you are men, they are men, "man" is always used pejoratively. Warning: men are not monsters, however, and an easy test allows to distinguish between them. Simply remember: MONSTERS ARE INOFFENSIVE.
MAN, (man), n.; pl. Men (men) (AS. mann, man, monn, mon) Pre MAN, (man), n.; pl. Men (men) (AS. mann, man, monn, mon) Pejorative term designing the being of both sexes whose main characteristics are a) standing upright on his hind legs, b) an adjustable thumb c) a relatively large brain capacity. For inst., in the expressions: I am a man, you are a man, he (she) is a man, we are men, you are men, they are men, "man" is always used pejoratively. Warning: men are not monsters, however, and an easy test allows to distinguish between them. Simply remember: MONSTERS ARE INOFFENSIVE.

MAN, (man), n.; pl. Men (men) (AS. mann, man, monn, mon) Pre
MAN, (man), n.; pl. Men (men) (AS. mann, man, monn, mon) Pejorative term designing the being of both sexes whose main characteristics are a) standing upright on his hind legs, b) an adjustable thumb c) a relatively large brain capacity. For inst., in the expressions: I am a man, you are a man, he (she) is a man, we are men, you are men, they are men, "man" is always used pejoratively. Warning: men are not monsters, however, and an easy test allows to distinguish between them. Simply remember: MONSTERS ARE INOFFENSIVE.

Artist Daniel Spoerri (Swiss, born in Romania, born 1930)
Artist Robert Filliou (French, 1926-1986)
Artist Roland Topor (French, 1938 - 1997)
Date1967
MediumPhotoreproduction and typeset on card stock
DimensionsSheet: 16 × 10.9 cm (6 5/16 × 4 5/16 in.)
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LinePartial Gift of Larry Miller and Sara Seagull, the Robert Watts Studio Archive and Museum Purchase, Richard R. Seidel Acquisition Fund for American and European Art and Class of 1921 Endowment Funds for Acquisitions
Object number2024.002.019.008
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