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"One final paragraph of advice: Do
not burn yourselves out. Be as I am – a reluctant
enthusiast…a part time crusader, a half-hearted
fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your
lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to
fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy
it. While you can. While it’s still here. So get out
there and hunt and fish and mess around with your
friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests,
encounter the grizz, climb the mountains, bag the
peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet
and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate
the precious stillness, that lovely, mysterious and
awesome space. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in
your head and your head firmly attached to the body,
the body active and alive, and I promise you this
much: I promise you this one sweet victory over our
enemies, over those desk-bound people with their
hearts in a safe deposit box and their eyes hypnotized
by desk calculators. I promise you this: you will
outlive the bastards."
-- Edward Abbey
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