While such editing for political correctness may be an understandable choice for publishers, it is quite unsettling to know and see that the freely downloadable version available from the Project Gutenberg is in fact a censored edition, a fact stated nowhere. Although many editions claim to be "complete and unabridged" they may actually be edited or altered. Unfortunately, the source of the text in such editions is not always clear. Tarzan of the Apes (1912) is a popular work of fiction, available in many cheap and freely downloadable editions. "Probably, because the ape's would be far simpler than those of the higher organism." "Could the finger prints of an ape be detected from those of a man?" "I think not," replied the officer, although some claim that those of the Negro are less complex." "Could you determine, for example, solely from fingerprints whether the subject was Negro or Caucasian?" "Do fingerprints show racial characteristics?" he asked.
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