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Everyone should learn a manual trade: It's never too late to become an honest person.

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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
Everyone
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Persons
Manual
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Trade
Late
Honest
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