"The idea of man as the dominant mammal……" — Frank Macfarlane Burnet
"The idea of man as the dominant mammal of the earth whose whole behaviour tends to be dominated by his own desire for dominance gripped me. It seemed to explain almost everything, and I applied it to everything."
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Frank Macfarlane Burnet
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