Rather, such fiscal uncertainty mirrors the very mechanisms we least understand, namely, the destructive powers of nature herself, whose all too earthly ferocity can turn upside down in an instant every philosophy, economic engine and ethic.

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"We were subjected to vast criticism and not a little personal abuse from personal colleagues and others whose most frequent cry was that we should not play God and we should not interfere with nature, " he said.

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