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The voice of the natural world would be, Could you please give us space and leave us alone to get along with our own lives and our own ways, because we actually know much better how to do it then when you start interfering.

Jane Goodall

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Jane Goodall
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: April 3
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Hampstead Village
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