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Teach your children
what we have taught
our children-
that the earth
is our mother.
Whatever befalls
the earth
befalls the sons
and daughters of the earth.
If men spit upon
the ground,
they spit upon
themselves.
This we know.
The earth does
not belong to us;
we belong to the
earth.
This we know.
All things are
connected
like the blood
which unites one family.
All things are
connected.
Whatever befalls
the earth
befalls the sons
and daughters of the earth.
We did not weave
the web of life;
We are merely
a strand in it.
Whatever we do
to the web,
we do to ourselves.
Chief Seattle
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