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Stand still, close your eyes and listen in the silence you can hear the cries of pain and low moans of anguish of animals waiting to die... do everything you can even if today it is just one small thing. There are no excuses for inaction, despair, egotism, or petulance that matter to the animals.

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Ashley Montagu
Age: 94 †
Born: 1905
Born: June 28
Died: 1999
Died: November 16
Anthropologist
University Teacher
Montague Francis Ashley-Montagu
Montague Francis Ashley Montagu
Israel Ehrenberg
M. F. Ashley-Montague
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