“Among irrational animals the love of the offspring and of the parents for each other is extraordinary because God, who created them, compensated for the deficiency of reason by the superiority of their senses.” ReasonParentAnimalExtraordinarySensesIrrationalSuperiorityOffspringDeficiency Book:Exegetic Homilies (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 46) Source: Exegetic Homilies (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 46)
“The mortal enemies of man are not his fellows of another continent or race; they are the aspects of the physical world which limit or challenge his control, the disease germs that attack him and his domesticated plants and animals, and the insects that carry many of these germs as well as working notable direct injury. This is not the age of man, however great his superiority in size and intelligence; it is literally the age of insects.” MenWorldWellsAgeChallengesAnimalRaceEnemyLimitsDiseaseAspectDirectFellowsPlantSizeMortalsInjuryContinentsSuperiorityInsectsNotableGermsPlants And AnimalsMortal EnemiesDomesticated Animals Author:Warder Clyde Allee
“I think we're insecure about our self-imposed spot at the top of the pyramid of life. New studies are continually undermining our superiority complex and forcing us to reconsider our relationship to animals.” ThinkingSelfAnimalStudyComplexesSpotsOur RelationshipSuperiorityInsecurePyramidsUnderminingSuperiority Complex Author:Jonathan Balcombe
“The human intellect owes its superiority over that of the lower animals in great measure to the stimulus which alcohol has given imagination.” HumansGivenImaginationAnimalIntellectAlcoholBeerSuperiorityStimulusFunny Beer Book:Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Butler (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Butler (Illustrated)