Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not die, so do other creatures.

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As a human being, we are the most powerful of all creatures on this planet. We can destroy our planet, but humans are also the most vulnerable. People are also born with the same fears as us, but what separates us from other animals is our ability to overcome those fears.

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