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There must be progress, certainly. But we must ask ourselves what kind of progress we want, and what price we want to pay for it. If, in the name of progress, we want to destroy everything beautiful in our world, and contaminate the air we breathe, and the water we drink, then we are in trouble.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Age: 108 †
Born: 1890
Born: April 7
Died: 1998
Died: May 15
Environmentalist
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Minneapolis
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