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then rush on with such energetic desperation
In their wars a whole regiment of these people will sometimes agree to "amok," and then rush on with such energetic desperation as to be very formidable to men not so excited as themselves.
— from The Malay Archipelago, Volume 1 The Land of the Orang-utan and the Bird of Paradise; A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature by Alfred Russel Wallace

the road occur with special ease during
Mistakes as to the road occur with special ease during the return journey, because the several ants are laden with booty and cannot readily understand each other.
— from Animal Intelligence The International Scientific Series, Vol. XLIV. by George John Romanes

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