“We are just beginning to learn that our same old habits, like the exploitation of nonrenewable resources, may make us at one with the auk and the dodo.”

— Sydney J. Harris

"What is 'The Fittest'?" http://books.google.com/books?id=NzNpn-cojqYC&q=%22We+are+just+beginning+to+learn+that+our+same+old+habits+like+the+exploitation+of+nonrenewable+resources+may+make+us+at+one+with+the+auk+and+the+dodo%22&pg=PA118#v=onepage, syndicated (3 September 1980) http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Kf8cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=so4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=2474,200754 <br class="br">Pieces of Eight (1982)

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