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The highest treason, the meanest treason, is to deny the holiness of this little blue planet on which we journey through the cold void of space.

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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
Journey
Treason
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Void
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Planets
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Why do I write? I write to entertain my friends and to exasperate our enemies. To unfold the folded lie, to record to truth of our time, and, of course, to promote esthetic bliss.
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Everyone should learn a manual trade: It's never too late to become an honest person.
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The true, unacknowledged purpose of capital punishment is to inspire fear and awe -- fear and awe of the State.
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