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Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.

Edward Abbey

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Edward Abbey
Age: 62 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 29
Died: 1989
Died: March 14
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Environmentalist
Essayist
Novelist
Philosopher
Screenwriter
Writer
Edward Paul Abbey
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The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.
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God is love? Not bloody likely.
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