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Whenever I see a photograph of some sportsman grinning over his kill, I am always impressed by the striking moral and esthetic superiority of the dead animal to the live one.

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Edward Abbey
Age: 62 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 29
Died: 1989
Died: March 14
Author
Environmentalist
Essayist
Novelist
Philosopher
Screenwriter
Writer
Edward Paul Abbey
Always
Impressed
Whenever
Photograph
Esthetic
Kill
Sportsman
Dead
Grinning
Animal
Striking
Moral
Superiority
Live
Hunting

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