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Polite conservationists leave no mark save the scars upon the Earth that could have been prevented had they stood their ground.

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
Polite
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Conservationists
Leave
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Upon
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Earth
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