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We're under some gross misconception that we're a good species, going somewhere important, and that at the last minute we'll correct our errors and God will smile on us. It's delusion.

Farley Mowat

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Farley Mowat
Age: 92 †
Born: 1921
Born: May 12
Died: 2014
Died: May 6
Author
Biologist
Environmentalist
Writer
Farley McGill Mowat
Going
Errors
Good
Somewhere
Smile
Species
Misconception
Minutes
Gross
Lasts
Delusion
Last
Correct
Important
Minute

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