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Albert Schweitzer

Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.

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Humans no longer have the ability to predict the consequences of their actions or prevent harm before it happens. As a result, their careless behavior will ultimately lead to severe damage to the planet.

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I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.
All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.
And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.