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“The only way to save a rhinoceros is to save the environment in which it lives, because there's a mutual dependency between it and millions of other species of both animals and plants.”

Quote by David Attenborough

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David Attenborough

David Attenborough is a renowned British broadcaster and natural history documentary maker. Born on May 8, 1926, Attenborough's career began at the BBC, where he gained fame in the 1950s with his deep insights into the natural world and unique storytelling style. His work has covered a variety of ecosystems on Earth, making a profound impact on audiences worldwide. more

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“I do not believe that a moral philosophy can ever be founded on a scientific basis. … The valuation of life and all its nobler expressions can only come out of the soul’s yearning toward its own destiny. Every attempt to reduce ethics to scientific formulas must fail. Of that I am perfectly convinced.”

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“When men are engaged in war and conquest, the tools of science become as dangerous as a razor in the hands of a child of three. We must not condemn man because his inventiveness and patient conquest of the forces of nature are being exploited for false and destructive purposes. Rather, we should remember that the fate of mankind hinges entirely upon man’s moral development.”

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“The only universal attribute of scientific statements resides in their potential fallibility. If a claim cannot be disproven, it does not belong to the enterprise of science.”

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