Marine Turtle Newsletter 54:23, © 1991
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Marine Turtle Newsletter 54:23, © 1991
It is said that the Cumaean sibyl offered nine books of prophesies to Tarquin the Proud, King of Rome. He refused her price as too high. She went away and burned three of the books and offered him six for the same price. He refused, so she burned three more. At last he grew frightened and paid for the remaining three books of prophecy the price she had asked for nine. We shall do the same with our environment. Whether it is the treasury of the rain forest, or the air we breathe, we shall someday pay whatever is asked for whatever is left.
Allison Jolly, "Our Common Heritage"