Update: Jonas Salk said: If all the insects were to disappear from the earth, within 50 years all life on earth would end. If all human beings disappeared from the earth, within 50 years all forms of life would flourish..
Old Lamplighter was written by Tobias, Charles/simon, Nat. Old Lamplighter was written by Tobias, Charles/simon, Nat.
Diana Wynne Jones's meta-fantasy novel Fire and Hemlock makes an early reference to Hero and Leander, both to foreshadow the plot and as a namesake for the heroine's alter-ego. Rudyard Kipling started his poem A Song of Travel with words: Where's the lamp that Hero lit / Once to call Leander home?