"The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future.“


-Marya Mannes

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The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future.

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