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No part of the world can be truly understood without a knowledge o

No part of the world can be truly understood without a knowledge of its garment of vegetation, for this determines not only the nature of the animal inhabitants but also the occupations of the majority of human beings. – Ellsworth Huntington

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Nevertheless most of the evergreen forests of the north must always remain the home of wild animals and trappers, a backward region in which it is easy for a great fur company to maintain a practical monopoly. – Ellsworth Huntington

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Year by year we are learning that in this restless, strenuous American life of ours vacations are essential. – Ellsworth Huntington

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Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody elses skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too. – Frederick Buechner

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Kids are smart. Knowledge is power. Let them figure things out. Dont turn into that grown-up who they wont come to. – Lauren Myracle

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Scientific discovery and scientific knowledge have been achieved only by those who have gone in pursuit of it without any practical purpose whatsoever in view. – Max Planck

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He who does not know one thing knows another – African Proverb

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