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The savage, rocky shores of Christmas Island, 200 miles south of Java, in the Indian Ocean. It's November, the moon is in… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
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The inference is, that God has restated the superiority of the West. God always does like that when a thousand white people… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
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