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The very poor are strictly materialistic. It takes money to be a mystic.

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
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Novelist
Philosopher
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Edward Paul Abbey
Strictly
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Money
Materialistic

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