He is a state of matter, a form of life, a sort of animal, and a species of the Order Primates, akin nearly or remotely to all of life and indeed to all that is material.

  • -- George G. Simpson 乔治·辛普森

他是物质的一种状态,是生命的一种形式,是一种动物,是灵长类动物的一种,与所有的生命,甚至是所有的物质,几乎或遥远地相似。

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Even if it had not been possible to reproduce the disease in animals and consequently to verify the hypothesis, this simple observation would have been sufficient to demonstrate the way in which the disease was propagated.

即使不可能在动物身上复制这种疾病,从而验证这一假设,这一简单的观察也足以证明这种疾病的传播方式。

Animals outline their territories with their excretions, humans outline their territories by ink excretions on paper.

动物用它们的排泄物勾勒出它们的领地,人类用墨水在纸上勾勒出它们的领地。