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It is absolutely imperative that we protect, preserve and pass on this genetic heritage for man and every other living thing in as good a condition as we received it.
David R. Brower
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David R. Brower
Age: 88 †
Born: 1912
Born: July 1
Died: 2000
Died: November 5
Cinematographer
Environmentalist
Mountaineer
Ski Mountaineer
Berkeley
California
David Ross Brower
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Realistic' is a loaded word for me. Anyone who uses the word 'realistic' is all bad.
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The goal now is a socialist, redistributionist society, which is nature's proper steward and society's only hope.
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Childbearing should be a punishable crime against society, unless the parents hold a government license. All potential parents should be required to use contraceptive chemicals, the government issuing antidotes to citizens chosen for childbearing.
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True wilderness is where you keep it, and real wilderness experience cannot be a sedentary one you have to seek it out not seated, but afoot.
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