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> [At the beginning of the 20th century, there were less than 3 billion people on the earth, closer to 2 billion. By all measures that we can come up with right now,. with the lifestyle and consumption pattern of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/at-the-beginning-of-the-20th-century-there-were-less-than-3-billion/)

[Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/)

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