“Without dignity, of course, people are powerless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Strip a person or the land of dignity and you can direct<\/p>\n\n\n\n
any scheme you wish against them or it, with impunity<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and with the best of motives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To some this kind of efficiency is a modern technique,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
lamentable but not evil. For others it is a debilitating<\/p>\n\n\n\n
degradation, a loss of integrity and spirit that no kind<\/p>\n\n\n\n
of economic well-being can ever justify.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Excerpted from “Arctic Dreams”, author Barry Lopez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Publisher Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also published simultaneously in Canada by<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Collier Macmillan Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Islander.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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