Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 190, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1917 — Reason for Mosquitoes. [ARTICLE]

Reason for Mosquitoes.

Now, evea the most foolish optimist . would scarcely venture to claim that the transmission of disease and sufferI ing to humanity'is a “beneficial purI jiose.” If the mosquito has a beneficial purpose it can be no other than to serve as a chastening influence up* on the lives of men. As fleas exist only to keep dogs from forgetting that they are dogs, so mosquitoes may be designed by nature to induce a proper humility in mankind and also to impress upon the race the tremendous importance of trifles.