Speech of Indian Chief Seattle

How do I dare to touch this:

I was less than a month old when mother and father took me to the forest, to see the trees, the natural environment of humans. My parents considered it to be very important and enjoyable, so I too treasured the memory and the thus found connection with the nature, with the original, with the untouched beauty and true health - with everything of worth, with the base of our lives. For, small though I may have been, I knew that she was an individual interconnected with the rest of the biological world. The biosphere it was called: animals, plants, all kinds of life forms in one interconnected whole: our world. It was my nature to be a part of that world, my health and happiness depending on the health of the whole world, being supported by the health of the whole world. And my nature being to support the health of the whole world. That world-wide moral inscribed on my soul by the ages old fight for survival was the core of my being, my major goal in life, my only enjoyment. There was no separation between it and the personal quest for happiness and not between it and the ages old quest for survival. These three things: happiness, survival and world-wide moral were one and the same thing. There was nothing else of worth in the world for me. Those who thought otherwise were badly misled, delused. World-wide moral was the only rational choise. It is the soul of all living beings like the quest for happiness and survival is!

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[theannapolisman]

Chief Seattle is a fabrication.  He and the speech were created by a guy name Ted Perry. Al Gore quotes this speech in his book out of ignorance.

[jassprad29857]

kickass speech

[cougartracks]

Estonko,i can't believe that nobody has commented on what this great man said,it's his words he said that are very important, not how they were put across,listen to whats said,very profound words, not how they have been per trade, vnvhe Osceola.