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"What if the mosquitos are converting the pesticide to a weak form of pyrethrums, a poison to people?"

"My dear Gorgas,Instead of being simply satisfied to make friends and draw your pay, it is worth doing your duty, to the best of your ability, for duty’s sake; and in doing this, while the indolent sle..."

"Fortunately for the cause of science and of humanity, we had as Governor-General of Cuba at that time General Leonard Wood, of the United States Army. General Wood had been educated as a physician, an..."

"Over a century now after Dr. William Gorgas wiped Yellow Fever out of Havana and Panama, and by that out of an entire continent, and more than half a century after Fred Lowe Soper led the eradication ..."

"You do not respond to a mosquito bite with a hammer."

"She was crushed by society like a mosquito fending for its unborn young"

"Don't be afraid to bite on a giant, learn from the mosquito"

"He was one of life’s great helpers, for he cleaned up foul places and made them sweet."

"Eradicating mosquitoes is a means to an end. An uninfected mosquito is harmless to humans - just a nuisance. An infected mosquito is a danger."

"I've just been bitten on the neck by a vampire... mosquito. Does that mean that when the night comes I will rise and be annoying?"