People who accuse us of putting in too much violence, [should see] what we leave on the cutting-room floor. My conscience troubles me more about reducing the pain and savagery that there is in the natural world than the reverse.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "People who accuse us of putting in too much violence, [should see] what we leave on the cutting-room floor. My conscience troubles me more about reducing the pain and savagery that there is in the natural world than the reverse." in the context of "David Attenborough, "David Attenborough: 'I'm an essential evil.'", The Guardian, 21 Oct. 2011" to mean that wisdom is timeless.