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"``[The dugong has] been so relentlessly hunted that, just like its close cousin the manatee, it's becoming rarer and rarer.'' ``Well then, Captain,'' said Conseil [the taxonomist] gravely, ``if by chance this one here is the last of his race, wouldn't it be better to spare him -- in the interests of science?'' ``Maybe,'' retorted the Canadian [harpooner Ned Land]; ``but in the interests of cooking, it would be best to hunt him.'' ``Go ahead then, Master Land,'' said Captain Nemo."
-- Jules Verne, "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" (1870). |
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