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…showed last 75 words of 2156 total…But these measures must be taken if the security of the human race is to be insured. Perhaps science will offer a way to support a population of 11 billion, and perhaps not. Governments must exercise skepticism when making long-term policy decisions. Failure of the world’s nations to act responsibly and in disregard of groundless hopes may result in a period of human suffering only hinted at by the Irish Famine of the Nineteenth Century.