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No one species shall make the life of the world its own.' … That's one expression of the law. Here's another: 'The world was not made for any one species.

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Daniel Quinn
Age: 82 †
Born: 1935
Born: October 11
Died: 2018
Died: February 17
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Daniel Clarence Quinn
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