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For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.
Jacques Yves Cousteau
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Jacques Yves Cousteau
Age: 87 †
Born: 1910
Born: June 11
Died: 1997
Died: June 25
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