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Walking takes longer... than any other known form of locomotion except crawling. Thus it stretches time and prolongs life. Life is already too short to waste on speed.

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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
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Waste
Prolongs
Form
Except
Stretches
Time
Short
Sauntering
Life
Walking
Trekking
Longer
Crawling
Already
Hiking
Walks
Speed
Takes
Thus
Locomotion

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