I often get letters, quite frequently, from people who say how they li…

David Attenborough
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I often get letters, quite frequently, from people who say how they like the programmes a lot, but I never give credit to the almighty power that created nature. ✨ Life on Air. BBC documentary, 2002.
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I often get letters, quite frequently, from people who say how they like the programmes a lot, but I never give credit to the almighty power that created nature. ✨ Life on Air. BBC documentary, 2002.

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