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Do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast... a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure.

Edward Abbey

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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
Lives
Reluctant
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Hearted
Time
Climbing
Burn
Crusader
Adventure
Enthusiast
Save
Mountaineering
Pleasure
Fanatic
Half
Fanatics

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