And what the amoeba is man is also; man is only a great many Amoebas, most of them dreadfully narrow-minded, going up and down the country with their goods and chattels like gipsies in a caravan; he is only a great many Amoebas that have had much time and money spent on their education, and received large bequests of organised intelligence from those that have gone before them.
"Luck or Cunning?"
Samuel Butler
"Another of those purple Amoebas," replied Jim from the vantage point of a window.
"Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930"
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