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E. O. Wilson
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: June 10
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Jungles and grasslands are the logical destinations, and towns and farmland the labyrinths that people have imposed between them sometime in the past. I cherish the green enclaves accidentally left behind.
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Only in the last moment in history has the delusion arisen that people can flourish apart from the rest of the living world.
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