In America, . . . these news
[about experiments on hybridization] aroused sympathy in progressive newspapers
and even the desire to provide us financial support. At the same time, our research
caused a burst of indignation, a shower of abuse and threats to me from fascists led by
the Ku-Klux-Klan. This only confirms that our work has not only an exceptional
scientific, but also a social [or public – obshchestvennoe] significance.
From Beyond Species: Il’ya Ivanov and His Experiments on Cross-Breeding Humans with Anthropoid Apes Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 January 2003
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