And the "lower" forms are often more persistent than the "higher" ones, while, as the course of Epidemical and other diseases shows certain lowly forms of life may make the existence of the higher forms impossible.
"A Grammar of Freethought"
Chapman Cohen
There is no other remedy for this Epidemical malady than that spirit of philosophy, which, extending itself from one to another, at length civilizes and softens the manners of men and prevents the access of the disease.
"A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 5 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version""
François-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire) Commentator: John Morley Tobias Smollett H.G. Leigh
First, the physicians are to take care that they do nothing to irritate this Epidemical distemper.
"The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VI. (of 12)"
Edmund Burke