The transit, we are told, from the unicellular to the multicellular organism cannot be explained by individualism, but implies a diminution of the competitive, an increase of the social and subordinative tendency.
"The Faith of the Millions (2nd series)"
George Tyrrell
Every multicellular animal must first have existed as a single cell, the impregnated ovum.
"The Glands Regulating Personality"
Louis Berman, M.D.
Can we conceive of an indestructible thing - be it unicellular or multicellular, alive or robotic, composed of independent individuals or acting in perfect, centrally-dictated unison?
"Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema"
Sam Vaknin