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All life is linked together in such a way that no part of the chain is unimportant. Frequently, upon the action of some of these minute beings depends the material success or failure of a great commonwealth.

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In making observations be sure you are right and then look again.

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Fill your note-book with descriptions, but digest them carefully, sifting out for publication only those that exhaustive study and repeated observations prove to be valuable.

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One of the first signs of the beginnings of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one will only in time come to hate.
Franz Kafka

John Henry Comstock

John Henry Comstock
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Born: February 24, 1849
Died: March 20, 1931 (aged 82)
Bio: John Henry Comstock was an eminent researcher in entomology and arachnology and a leading educator. His work provided the basis for classification of butterflies, moths, and scale insects.
Known for:
  1. An Introduction to Entomology (1888)
  2. The elements of insect anatomy
  3. SPIDER BK A MANUAL FOR THE STU

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