There is no first world and third world. There is only one world, for …

Gerald Durrell
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There is no first world and third world. There is only one world, for all of us to live and delight in. ✨ Introduction by Gerald Durrell to Lee McGeorge Durrell's book State of the Ark, 1986.
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