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NCCF to celebrate oyster with ‘Shellabration’


“The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.”




David Hume


By BRAD RICH

Tideland News Writer

David Hume of Scotland might well be the most important philosopher ever to write in English, but when he penned that line in back in the 1700s in “Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion,” he unfairly dissed the oyster.

To make up for Hume’s insult – or maybe just to have fun, celebrate the tasty bivalve and raise some money – the N.C. Coastal Federation has scheduled a statewide oyster “Shellebration” for March 1.

The event will take place in Swansboro, Hatteras, Wilmington and Raleigh, and

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