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When we were a soft amoeba, in ages past and gone,
Ere you were Queen of Sheba, or I King Solomon,
Alone and undivided, we lived a life of sloth,
Whatever you did, I did; one dinner served for both.
Anon came separation, by fission and divorce,
A lonely pseudopodium I wandered on my course.

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Some species look like dear little sucking-pigs in plate armour.

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It has a plump, pleasant appearance, like a well-fed puppy.

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If you have a microscope and a drop or two of the right kind of dirty water you can enter a new world of interest.

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They are so plump that you feel inclined to pat them, only they are too small.

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The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
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Arthur Shipley

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Born: March 10, 1861
Died: September 22, 1927 (aged 66)
Bio: Sir Arthur Everett Shipley was an English zoologist and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.
Known for:
  1. The Voyage of a Vice-chancellor (1919)
  2. Life: A Book for Elementary Students (1923)
  3. Pearls & Parasites (1908)
  4. Zoology: An Elementary Text-book (1901)

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