race-line

Updated: June 23, 2025

Somewhere, far back along the race-line, some mongrel ancestor had begun life with a heart; and, unsuspected, that obsolete organ had now reappeared in her, irritating, confusing, amazing, and finally stupefying her with its misunderstood pulsations. At first, like a wounded creature, consciousness of its presence turned her restless, almost vicious.

Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers - The Firing Line