"I plead for conservation of human culture, which is much more fragile than nature herself. We needn't destroy other cultures with the force of our own.“


-Arthur Erickson

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I plead for conservation of human culture, which is much more fragile than nature herself. We needn't destroy other cultures with the force of our own.

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