If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness

If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to the man. All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons of the Earth. – Chief Seattle of the Suquamish Tribe, letter to President Franklin Pierce

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