Teach your children
What we have taught our children—
That the earth is our mother.
Whatever befalls the earth
Befalls the children 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 blood which unites one family.
All things are connected.
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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