The creatures that want to live a life of their own, we call wild. If wild, then no matter how harmless, we treat them as outlaws, and those of us who are specially well brought up shoot them for fun.
Clarence DayAnts are good citizens; they place group interest first. But they carry it so far, they have few or no political rights. An ant doesn't have the vote, apparently; he just has his duties.
Clarence DayAs time goes on, new and remoter aspects of truth are discovered which can seldom be fitted into creeds that are changeless.
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