• Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of bacteria whose numbers double every forty years. Either the host dies, or the virus dies, or both die.

  Gore Vidal
  American writer and criticus 1925-2012
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1. organism
2. attacked
3. billions
4. bacteria
5. numbers
6. double

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Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of bacteria whose numbers double every forty years. Either the host dies, or the virus dies, or both die. by : Gore Vidal

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