But in the case of those poor nameless creatures, justice does not stop to consider whether that microbe in the criminal world who steals under the influence of hereditary or acquired degeneration, or in the delirium of chronic hunger, is not worthy of more pity.

After the victory of the Entente the microbes of hate have developed and flourished in special cultures, consisting of national egotism, imperialism, and a mania for conquest and expansion.

He demonstrated, amid the attacks and calumnies of the lovers of darkness, that man is not the king of creation, but merely the last link of the zoological chain, that nature is endowed with eternal energies by which animal and plant life, the same as mineral life (for even in crystals the laws of life are at work), are transformed from the invisible microbe to the highest form, man.

"The sheep get scabby from a microbe under the skin, which causes them to itch fearfully, and they lose their wool.

All because of a pesky microbe with a surplus of energy.

If gophers could kill dogs it would rather have gophers; when microbes kill us it will rather have microbes than people.

The gray wall of the officeso strong and lastingwhat chance had an army of microbes against itthe heavy front door, with its cherry panels and brass fittings, had no fear of draughts or cold.