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... the main principle by which human beings must guide the future course of their development is love.
Ashley Montagu
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Ashley Montagu
Age: 94 †
Born: 1905
Born: June 28
Died: 1999
Died: November 16
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Montague Francis Ashley-Montagu
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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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All education should be directed toward the refinement of the individual's sensibilities in relation not only to one's fellow humans everywhere, but to all living things whatsoever.
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The basic fact is simple: life begins not at birth, but conception.
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