Surely I need not point out to you the egregious egoism, the utter selfishness of the anarchists. Why, their pretended philanthropy is really phobanthropy, that would be monstrous were it not so insane.

Surely any science worth its salt ought to try to be true to its name and be as objective as it can, make careful measurements, count something.

Since all the Epimyrma species have already entered a permanently inquiline state, with total dependence on the host workers, it would seem an error to exterminate the host queens, which are, after all, the source of the labor force. However, the Epimyrma habit of reginicide cannot be written off simply as an unfortunate vestige from an earlier time when the Epimyrma ancestors were temporary parasites.

The housemaid at the boarding-house where we have stayed since we left Heathstock is a fat, sonsy, good-natured girl, perfectly ignorant and stupid, but she has not been long in the colony, and seems willing to learn.