What would become of the garden if the gardener treated all the weeds …

Thomas Huxley
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What would become of the garden if the gardener treated all the weeds and slugs and birds and trespassers as he would like to be treated, if he were in their place? ✨ Thomas Henry Huxley (2004). Evolution And Ethics, p.47, 1st World Publishing
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What would become of the garden if the gardener treated all the weeds and slugs and birds and trespassers as he would like to be treated, if he were in their place? ✨ Thomas Henry Huxley (2004). Evolution And Ethics, p.47, 1st World Publishing

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