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The reason for that, however, is not that the sleen is an animal and the mathematician is not, but rather that the mathematician is better at algebra than a sleen. - (Explorers of Gor, Chapter 32, Sentence #330)

She smiled. "Is it less silly," I asked, "if it is done by human beings?" "Perhaps not," she said. "To be sure," I said, "if I have a problem in algebra I will give it to a mathematician before I will turn it over to a sleen. The reason for that, however, is not that the sleen is an animal and the mathematician is not, but rather that the mathematician is better at algebra than a sleen. The word 'animal' may be used in various senses, not all of them complimentary to animals. In the literal sense of 'animal' the human being is an animal. In a rather different sense of 'animal', we sometimes draw a distinction between human beings and animals, that is, we take the category of animals and divide it in two, calling one sort of animals, ourselves, human beings, and letting what is left over, the other sorts of animals, count as the animals. - (Explorers of Gor)