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Quote by Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim
We are not different than the rest of the species, we are only one species of nature.
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The quote says that humans should not see themselves as separate from other living beings. We are one species among many, all belonging to nature. Its wording places humanity within the natural world rather than above or outside it.
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