“The greatest danger to our future is apathy.”

— Jane Goodall

"The Power of One", Time Magazine (26 August 2002)

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British primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist 1934

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"The Power of One", TIME Magazine (26 August 2002) http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003125,00.html

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