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We should conserve evil just as we should conserve the forests. It is true that by thinning and clearing the forests the earth grew warmer.

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Friedrich Nietzsche
Age: 55 †
Born: 1844
Born: October 15
Died: 1900
Died: August 25
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Frîdrîk Nîtşe
Fridrih Wilhelm Niče
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Federico Nietzsche
Frédéric Nietzsche
Friederich Nietzsche
Fryderyk Nietzsche
Fridrikh Nitche
Frederic Nietzsche
Phreiderikos Nitse
Conserve
Earth
Warmer
Clearing
Conservation
Forests
Grew
Evil
Thinning
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