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caring is not abstract. The circle of ecological compassion we feel is enlarged by direct experience of the living world, and shrunken by its lack.
caring is not abstract. The circle of ecological compassion we feel is enlarged by direct experience of the living world, and shrunken by its lack.
Approximate author period: c. 1953 AD · modern
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- Robin Wall Kimmerer
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- Approximate author period: c. 1953 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Robin Wall Kimmerer: documented birth year 1953; activity date not established. Wikidata Q7352852, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7352852 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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