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Since no two events are identical, every atom, molecule, organism, personality, and society is an emergent and, at least to some extent, a novelty.

William Morton Wheeler

An entomologist no less interested in his fellow men than in the insects may with increasing years of observation find increasing resemblance between the two — some insects seeming almost human and some humans behaving very much like insects.

William Morton Wheeler

I shall strenuously endeavor to be modern, I can only beg you, if I fail to come within hailing distance of the advance guard of present-day zoologists, to remember that the range of adaptability in all organisms, even zoologists, is very limited.

William Morton Wheeler

William Morton Wheeler

William Morton Wheeler

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Born: March 19, 1865

Died: April 19, 1937 (aged 72)

Bio: William Morton Wheeler was an American entomologist, myrmecologist and Harvard professor.

Known for:

The Fungus-growing Ants of North America (1907)
Mosaics and Other Anomalies Among Ants (1937)

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