And he remembered that his ancestors had once been men , and tried to say , `` Am I not a man and a brother ? '' but had forgotten how to use his tongue ; and then he had tried to call for a doctor , but he had forgotten the word for one . So all he said was `` Ubboboo ! '' and died . And that was the end of the great and jolly nation of the Doasyoulikes . And , when Tom and Ellie came to the end of the book , they looked very sad and solemn ; and they had good reason so to do , for they really fancied that the men were apes , and never thought , in their simplicity , of asking whether the creatures had hippopotamus majors in their brains or not ; in which case , as you have been told already , they could not possibly have been apes , though they were more apish than the apes of all aperies . `` But could you not have saved them from becoming apes ? '' said little Ellie , at last . `` At first , my dear ; if only they would have behaved like men , and set to work to do what they did not like . But the longer they waited , and behaved like the dumb beasts , who only do what they like , the stupider and clumsier they grew ; till at last they were past all cure , for they had thrown their own wits away . It is such things as this that help to make me so ugly , that I know not when I shall grow fair . '' `` And where are they all now ? '' asked Ellie . `` Exactly where they ought to be , my dear . '' `` Yes ! '' said the fairy , solemnly , half to herself , as she closed the wonderful book . `` Folks say now that I can make beasts into men , by circumstance , and selection , and competition , and so forth . Well , perhaps they are right ; and perhaps , again , they are wrong . That is one of the seven things which I am forbidden to tell , till the coming of the Cocqcigrues ; and , at all events , it is no concern of theirs . Whatever their ancestors were , men they are ; and I advise them to behave as such , and act accordingly .
But let them recollect this , that there are two sides to every question , and a downhill as well as an uphill road ; and , if I can turn beasts into men , I can , XXXXX the same laws of circumstance , and selection , and competition , turn men into beasts .
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