"The mortal enemies of man are not his fellows of another continent or race; they are the aspects of the physical world which limit or challenge his control, the disease germs that attack him and his domesticated plants and animals, and the insects that carry many of these germs as well as working notable direct injury. This is not the age of man, however great his superiority in size and intelligence; it is literally the age of insects."
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The Social Life of Animals (1938), Chapter VII: Some Human Implications.
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W. C. Allee
Warder Clyde Allee (5 June 1885 – 18 March 1955) was an American zoologist and ecologist known for his work in the behavioural sciences during the 1930s.
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