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Do we realize that industry, which has been our good servant, might…
Quote byAldo Leopold · 1887–1948
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "A Plea for Wilderness Hunting Grounds" [1925]; Published in Aldo Leopold's Southwest, David E. Brown and Neil B. Carmony (eds.) 1990, p. 160..
English (original)
Do we realize that industry, which has been our good servant, might make a poor master?
— Aldo Leopold
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