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The purpose of conservation: The greatest good to the greatest number of people for the longest time.


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Where conflicting interests must be reconciled, the question shall always be answered from the standpoint of the greatest good of the greatest number in the long run.



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Conservation is the application of common sense to the common problems for the common good.



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The vast possibilities of our great future will become realities only if we make ourselves responsible for those realities.



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