Nature is what we're put into this world to rise above.
7 seconds sound clip from the The African Queen (1952) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:25:42 in the radio play.
Quote context
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- And you call yourself a Christian! Don'tcha? Don'tcha, huh?
- You're behaving like an infant.
- And how are you behaving? You're just plain mean!
- Man takes a drop too much once in a while, it's only human nature.
- Nature is what we're put into this world to rise above.
- Have a heart, Miss. Say something. I don't care what it is but you gotta say something.
- So you think it was your nasty drunkenness I minded?
- You promised me that you'd go down the river.
- Miss, listen to me. There's death a thousand times down there.
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