All this masquerade is only skin deep. The mimic never becomes the model, anymore than the walking-stick insect becomes the twig. The mask may fool the mimic's enemies, but it will not deceive a zoologist.


Is Man Alone in Space?, Scientific American, Volume 189, Number 1, July, 1953 (p. 84)

Loren Eiseley Quotes

All this masquerade is only skin deep. The mimic never becomes the model, anymore than the walking-stick insect becomes the twig. The mask may fool...

All this masquerade is only skin deep. The mimic never becomes the model, anymore than the walking-stick insect becomes the twig. The mask may fool...

All this masquerade is only skin deep. The mimic never becomes the model, anymore than the walking-stick insect becomes the twig. The mask may fool...

All this masquerade is only skin deep. The mimic never becomes the model, anymore than the walking-stick insect becomes the twig. The mask may fool...