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In his ceaseless strides towards a domination of the material world, man has encountered many obstacles. Some of these are palpably of his own making. For many of those presented by his living environment, man is responsible only in so far as he forms a part of the intimately interdependent myriad of organisms which make up that environment.
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No other insects can compete with the mosquitoes as persistent annoyers of man, and none, with the possible exception of the rat-flea, hold over him such power for evil.
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Charles Thomas Brues
Born:
June 20, 1879
Died:
July 22, 1955
(aged 76)
Bio:
Charles Thomas Brues was an American entomologist.
Known for:
Insects, Food, and Ecology (1946)
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