On the record
Without vegetable life we could not have animal life; without mineral life we could not have vegetable life.
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Booker T. Washington
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gutenberg.orgBooker T. Washington: “Without vegetable life we could not have animal life; without mineral life we could not have vegetable life.”
Editor's note · Context
He explains the reliance of different forms of life on each other, highlighting the interconnectedness of ecosystems.
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